Noun
(plural rasures)
- (now rare, law) Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
- (now rare) Obliteration, destruction.
Origin
From Anglo-Norman rasure, Middle French rasure, from Latin rasura (“scraping, shaving”), from the participle stem of radere (“to scrape, shave”).
