champlevé Hear it!

champlevé definition

champ·levé (s̸hän lə vā′)

adjective

designating or of a kind of enamel work in which furrows or hollows cut in a metal surface, usually copper, are filled with vitreous powders and then fired

Etymology: Fr

noun

a champlevé enamel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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