Silhouette

Silhouette / noun :

First Page Mentioned (By Name) : ch. “Race to the Sea” – pg. 111

Owing its namesake to Étienne de Silhouette, the word silhouette means a shape or outline of a portrait or figure. More than just a shadow, it's often applied to figures where you can make out the shape of their body and clothing, but can't give much details, such as: someone standing behind a sheet, where you can see their shape but not their features; or someone who is backlit, where it's too bright for you to make out their features, but can see their body; or someone standing in a room too dark to see much other than their shape. When Leamo takes Red on an evening flight, she often only sees silhouettes of objects and people, making it that much more difficult to pilot.

Related Entries: Cooper, Leamo; Red (The Hawk)

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