rasure

[ rey-zher, -sher ]
/ ˈreɪ ʒər, -ʃər /

noun

an erasure.

Origin of rasure

< Middle French < Late Latin rāsūra, equivalent to Latin rās(us) (past participle of rādere to scratch, scrape; cf. rasorial, raze) + -ūra -ure

Words nearby rasure

rastafari, rastafarian, rastafarianism, raster, rastle, rasure, rat, rat cheese, rat claw foot, rat guard, rat islands

Example sentences from the Web for rasure

  • For like as winter rasure doth alway arase and deface green summer, so fareth it by unstable love in man and woman.

    Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) |Thomas Malory

  • When we began to talk of the Lords, the King sent for us alone, and recommended a rasure of all proceedings.

    Andrew Marvell |Augustine Birrell

  • The King sent to the Lords more peremptoryly, and they, with much grumbling, agreed to the rasure.

    Andrew Marvell |Augustine Birrell