cropmark

noun

Etymology

From crop + mark.

  1. derived from *mórǵs
  2. derived from *markō
  3. derived from *marku
  4. derived from mearc
  5. derived from mark
  6. compounded as cropmark — “crop + mark

Definitions

  1. A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by…

    A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface.

    • The earliest air photograph showing cropmarks at Mucking appears to be a high level vertical view of the area taken by a German aircraft of the Luftwaffe in 1943. This photograph, however, only shows a few small and indistinct marks.
  2. Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be…

    Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be trimmed.

    • The new paths are automatically selected; if you want to remove the guides, press Delete. Set Cropmarks adds standard cropmarks to your artwork.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cropmark. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA