Obs. rare–1. [Fr. eschoppe (now échoppe), OFr. eschople, escopre, corresp. to Sp. escoplo, Pg. escopro:—L. scalprum.] A steel-pointed tool for engraving on copper; a graver.
1662. Evelyn, Chalcogr., 126. Bosse’s invention of the Eschoppe does render the making of this Sulcus much more facile. Ibid., 97. His points and eschoppes.
