Cloisonne

2 definitions found

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

  Cloisonn'e \Cloi`son*n['e]\, a. [F., partitioned, fr. cloison a
     partition.]
     Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines
     which divide the different patches of fields are composed of
     a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished
     from {champlev['e]} enamel, in which the ground is engraved


     or scooped out to receive the enamel. --S. Wells Williams.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cloisonne
       adj : (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with
             colored enamel and fired [syn: {champleve}]
       n : enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin
           metal strips