The act of engraving or carving designs into a hard surface like metal or stone; the process or art of creating an engraving.
From the verb 'grave' (to carve or engrave), which comes from Old English and Germanic roots meaning to carve or dig. The '-ing' suffix converts it to a gerund (noun form of a verb).
Graving dock is a special shipyard facility where ships are beached and cleaned—the name comes from the verb 'grave' meaning to clean by scraping, and it reveals that this ancient woodworking term spread to shipbuilding.
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