"handscroll" meaning in English

See handscroll in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: handscrolls [plural], hand scroll [alternative]
Etymology: From hand + scroll. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|scroll}} hand + scroll Head templates: {{en-noun}} handscroll (plural handscrolls)
  1. A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands. Wikipedia link: handscroll
    Sense id: en-handscroll-en-noun-BJ~wLth6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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        {
          "ref": "2008 March 14, Holland Cotter, “The Art Is in the Detail”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "He is depicted by the painter Qian Xuan, another connoisseur of reclusion, in a 13th-century handscroll at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.",
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        ]
      ],
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}
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    },
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