Block printing Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. . (a) A mode of printing (common in China and Japan) from engraved boards by means of a sheet of paper laid on the linked surface and rubbed with a brush. S. W. Williams. (b) A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with coloring matter.
Definitions
  1. . See under Block.

Webster 1913