rasure
/ˈreɪʒər/
noun
- The act of scraping, shaving, or erasing something; a mark or spot where something has been erased or scraped away.
- The artist made a rasure on the canvas to remove a small smudge.
- The old manuscript had a rasure where the scribe had corrected a mistake.
- The librarian noticed a rasure in the margin of the book, as if someone had tried to remove a note.