'Tracing cloth' definitions:

Definition of 'Tracing cloth'

From: GCIDE
  • Tracing \Tra"cing\, n.
  • 1. The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A regular path or track; a course. [1913 Webster]
  • Tracing cloth, Tracing paper, specially prepared transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the lines of the original placed beneath. [1913 Webster]