Dictionary entry

Ichnography

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ich‐nog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. �; ἴχνοσ track, footstep + � to describe: cf. F. ichonographie.] (Drawing) A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.