Champleve

2 definitions found

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

  Champlev'e \Champ`le*v['e]"\, a. [F., p. p. of champlever to
     engrave. See 3d {Champ}, {Camp}, {Lever} a bar.] (Art)
     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. A piece of champlev['e] enamel; also, the process
     or art of making such enamel work; champlev['e] work.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  champleve
       adj : (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with
             colored enamel and fired [syn: {cloisonne}]