A charcoal crayon made of the wood of the Spindle Tree (F. fusain); also attrib., as in fusain drawing. b. A drawing executed with this.
1870. Eng. Mech., 11 March, 638/3. Fontanesi, of Geneva, is well known for his fusain drawings. I have seen some admirable drawings in fusain (charcoal).
1884. Robert Walker, Maxime Lalanne, in Good Words, XXV. Feb., 91/1. Good as Lalanne’s etchings are, his fusains are better. These at once claim attention from their originality.
