champlevé

/ˌʃɒ̃mləˈveɪ/

adjective

Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enamelled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are then fired.

OriginFrench champlevé →
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Meanings

adjectivechamplevé (not comparable)
  1. not comparableartHaving the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enamelled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are then fired.
nounchamplevé (countable and uncountable, plural champlevés)

plural champlevés

  1. countableuncountableA piece of enamel of this kind.
  2. countableuncountableThe process of making enamel of this kind.

Origin

  1. Frenchchamplevé“engraved”
  2. Englishchamplevé

From French champlevé (“engraved”).

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Chicago

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