‖ esˈchoppe Obs. rare—1.
[Fr. eschoppe (now échoppe), OFr. eschople, escopre, corresp. to Sp. escoplo, Pg. escopro:—L. scalprum.]
A steel-pointed tool for engraving on copper; a graver.
| 1662 Evelyn Chalcogr. 126 Bosse's invention of the Eschoppe does render the making of this Sulcus much more facile. Ibid. 97 His points and eschoppes. |