Found 2 items, similar to vignette.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: vignette vignette n 1: a brief literary description [syn: sketch] 2: a photograph whose edges shade off gradually 3: a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Vignette Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, v. t. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away. [1913 Webster] Vignette \Vi*gnette"\ (?; 277), n. [F. vignette, fr. vigne a vine. See Vine, and cf. Vinette.] 1. (Arch.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture. [1913 Webster] 2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge. [1913 Webster] 3. A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]