cropmark

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crop +‎ mark

Noun[edit]

cropmark (plural cropmarks)

  1. (archaeology) A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface.
    Coordinate term: crop circle
    • 2013, Ann Clark, Excavations at Mucking: Volume 1: The site atlas, English Heritage, →ISBN, page 23:
      The earliest air photograph showing cropmarks at Mucking appears to be a high level vertical view of the area taken by a German aircraft of the Luftwaffe in 1943. This photograph, however, only shows a few small and indistinct marks.
  2. (printing) Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be trimmed.
    • 1992, David A. Holzgang, The Adobe illustrator 3.2: designer's guide, Sybex Incorporated:
      The new paths are automatically selected; if you want to remove the guides, press Delete. Set Cropmarks adds standard cropmarks to your artwork.

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