line engraving

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A metal plate, used in intaglio printing, on the surface of which design lines have been engraved by hand.
2. n. The process of making such an engraving.
3. n. A print made from such an engraving.
4. n. See line cut.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The process of engraving in lines: commonly synonymous with steel or copperplate engraving. See engraving.
2. n. An engraved plate, or a print representing its subject chiefly or wholly by lines.

Wiktionary

1. n. Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved.
2. n. A picture produced by printing from such an engraving.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A picture produced by printing from such an engraving.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a print obtained from a line drawing
2. n. engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved