Mattoir

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Mat`toir´


n.1.(Engraving) A kind of coarse punch with a rasplike face, used for making a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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