ˈeye-draught
[f. eye n.1 + draught.]
A drawing or plan made by the eye, not by actual measurement.
| 1773 Gentl. Mag. 265 Eye Draught of the Solway Moss. 1793 Smeaton Edystone L. §20 note, The print..appears to be made from an Eye Draught. 1823 P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 170 To take the dimensions of a place..make an eye-draught. 1875 Proctor Expanse Heav. 273 The stars..being copied by eye-draughts from the charts. |