グレーバー

noun

graver; burin (engraving tool)

A hand-held engraving tool used in printmaking and metalwork. The term is a direct loan from English.

See also: ビュラン

• 版はん画が家かはグレーバーで銅どう板ばんに線せんを刻きざんだ。

  The printmaker incised lines into the copper plate with a graver.

noun

burin (archaeological stone tool)

In archaeology, a burin is a specialized stone tool with a chisel-like edge, used for engraving or carving. This sense is distinct from the modern engraving tool.

See also: 彫器

• この遺い跡せきからは、後こう期き旧きゅう石せっ器き時じ代だいのグレーバーが多た数すう出しゅつ土どしている。

  Many burins from the Upper Paleolithic have been excavated at this site.