Ad`um*bra"tion (#), n. [L. adumbratio.]
1.
The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
2.
A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.
Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth.
Bp. Horsley.
3. Her.
The shadow or outlines of a figure.
© Webster 1913.