Guilloche

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Guilloche \Guil"loche`\, n. [F. guillochis; -- said to be fr.
     Guillot, the inventor of a machine for carving it.] (Arch.)
     1. An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings
        twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving
        circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. In ornamental art, any pattern made by interlacing curved
        lines.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  guilloche
       n : an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy
           bands