engraving
C1Substantiv/US /ɪnɡrˈeɪvɪŋ/ ĭngr-ĀV-ĭng; UK /ɪnɡrˈeɪvɪŋ/ ĭngr-ĀV-ĭng/
The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood.
