Meaning

1 senses
  1. An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.

    representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal

Translations

4 languages

Origin

From Middle English rubbinge, rubbynge, equivalent to rub + -ing.

From Middle English rubbinge, rubbynge, equivalent to rub + -ing.

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Forms

plural: rubbings
Singularrubbing
Pluralrubbings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another:friction
  • effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure:frictiondetrition

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrub

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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