adumbration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
    foreshadowing; prefiguration.
  2. noun a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation

WordNet

Ad`um*bra"tion noun
Etymology
L. adumbratio.
Definitions
  1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
  2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.
    Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.
  3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.

Webster 1913