• Cave-painting

    Full definition of cave-painting

    Noun

    cave-painting

    (countable and uncountable; plural cave-paintings)
    1. Alternative form of en
      • 1851, J. Rose, Art. VIII.—Extracts from the Proceedings of the Society for the Year 1849–50., No natives of this country could, I think, have drawn the cave-paintings Buddhist caves found in Khandesh.
      • 4 February 1871, Scientific Notes. Cave-paintings by Bushmen., Mr. George W. Stow, of Queenstown, South Africa, refers in a letter to the interesting subject of the old cave-paintings by the Bushmen, ...
      • 1995, Alex Webster, The Basics of Special Needs: A Routledge/Special Children Survival Guide for the Classroom Teacher Chapter Differentiation, In another topic on prehistoric man, pupils used 'active learning' methods to construct a 'cave set'; re-enacted cave-painting by homemade candlelight; ...
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