CHAMPLEVE

champleve, cloisonne

(adjective) (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Champ`le*vé", a. [F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp, Lever a bar.] (Art)

Definition: Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; 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 afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. --n.

Definition: A piece of champlevé enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlevé work.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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