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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ICHNOGRAPHY

n.[Gr. a footstep, and to describe. ] In perspective, the view of any thing cut off by a plane parallel to the horizon, just at the base of it, a ground-plot.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ICHNOGRAPHY

Ich *nog "ra *phy, n. Etym: [Gr. ichonographie.] (Drawing )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ichnography

ich nog ra phy |ikˈnägrəfē ɪkˈnɑɡrəfi | noun ( pl. ichnographies ) a ground plan of a building or map of a region. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French ichnographie, or via Latin from Greek ikhnographia, from ikhnos track + -graphia (see -graphy ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ichnography

ichnography |ɪkˈnɒgrəfi | noun ( pl. ichnographies ) a ground plan of a building or map of a region. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French ichnographie, or via Latin from Greek ikhnographia, from ikhnos track + -graphia (see -graphy ).