n. [ F.; -- so called from Etienne de Silhoutte, a French minister of finance in 1759, whise diversion it was to make such portraits on the walls of his apartments. ] A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]