rotogravure
noun
- printing process
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur.
- A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
- A print made by such a method.
“On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.”
“On the desk before her lay the rotogravure section of the Sunday Chronicle.”