silhouetting

noun

1. 1. an outline, esp. a profile portrait, made either by cutting from black paper and fixing on a light background, or by drawing and then filling in with a solid color
   2. any dark shape or figure seen against a light background
2. the outline of a figure, garment, etc.; contour

Origin: Fr, after Étienne de Silhouette (1709-67), Fr minister of finance, in derogatory reference to his fiscal policies and to such amateur portraits by him, both regarded as inept

transitive verb silhouetted, silhouetting