inkline

English

Etymology

From ink +‎ line.

Noun

inkline (plural inklines)

1. A line drawn in ink.
   • 1953, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel:

     He imagined huge electrodes, busy pantographs skidding inklines across graphed paper, self-adjusting gears clicking into place […]

   • 2015, Michael J. Allen, Foundations of Forensic Document Analysis: Theory and Practice, page 204:

     The dark grey line is typical of that produced by an impression and the pale tramlined line (running from bottom left to top right) is typical of that produced by an inkline on the paper.