Definition of "wood-block" [wood-block]

• In engraving, a die cut in relief on wood, and in condition for furnishing impressions in ink in a printingpress; a woodcut. See wood-engraving. (noun)
• A print or impression from such an engraved block; a woodcut. Also used attributively in both senses: as, wood-block illustrations. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Influenced by Debussy's non-Western proclivities, they were also stimulated by the great Paris World's Fairs of 1889 and 1900, where they saw Japanese wood-block prints and Indian textiles, and first heard Balinese and Javanese gamelan music."
• "The 118 ukiyo-e prints were reproduced from a series of original wood-block prints in the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo, one of the few complete series consisting entirely of impressions from the first run."
• "The exhibition will show another side of the artist Richard Woods, known for his transformation of buildings and public spaces, his wood-block paintings."