Dictionary entry

Adumbration

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ad′um‐bra″tion (�), n. [L. adumbratio.] 1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.

2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.

Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth.

Bp. Horsley.

3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.