The T square, used by architects, makes very good parallels, if made to slide along the smooth edge of a drawing board, or a straightedge laid and kept steady on the paper.
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Drawing board
/ˈdɹɔ.ɪŋ bɔːd/
Synonyms for "drawing board" (7 found)
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drafting boardart board
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design phasedevelopment phase
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drawing surfaceplanning stagesketching surface
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The Drawing-Board is a smooth board, […] very accurately rectangular, with its edges quite smooth. Upon this board drawing-paper is usually fixed, and evenly stretched, by means of glue or paste applied to a small strip of paper all round, which it is not intended to retain in the drawing.
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As we explored the second floor of the building, we were pleasantly surprised to find a group of artists working away at their drawing boards. Without knowing it, we had stumbled into Walt Disney's Comic Strip department.
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So much of what followed from the drawing boards of others will have been designed with the demands, effort and grandeur of Primrose Hill [tunnel] in the back of their minds.
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