wood engraving

  1. the art or process of engraving on wood
  2. woodcut: a wood engraving is often distinguished from a woodcut in that the former uses a block of wood cut across the grain and the latter a block of wood cut along the grain

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See wood engraving in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A block of wood on whose surface a design for printing is engraved across the end grain.
    b. A print made from a wood engraving.
  2. The art or process of making wood engravings.

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