A printmaking or art process related to gillotine or engraving techniques, or the result of such a process.
From French gillot (a printing technique or tool) + -age (suffix indicating process or result). Related to the Gillot family of printmakers and their innovations in engraving.
The Gillot family of 18th-century Paris created specialized pen nibs and printing tools so successful that their name became synonymous with the technique—like how 'xerox' became a verb.
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