Definition of "copperplate"

copperplate

noun
countable and uncountable, plural copperplates
1. A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern.
2. A print made from such a plate.
3. A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand.
  Quotations
  The village school was a fine school […] He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand.
  1999. Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 36 (2001 Perennial paperback edition).
verb
third-person singular simple present copperplates, present participle copperplating, simple past and past participle copperplated
1. To engrave on and print from a copperplate.