cloi·son·né (kloi z -n  , kl-wäz-)n. 1. Decorative enamelwork in which metal filaments are fused to the surface of an object to outline a design that is filled in with enamel paste. 2. The art or process of producing such enamelwork. [French, past participle of cloisonner, to partition, from Old French cloison, partition, from Vulgar Latin *clausi  , clausin-, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to close, lock.]cloi·son·né adj. |   |
cloisonné [klwɑːˈzɒneɪ (French) klwazɔne]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms)
a. a design made by filling in with coloured enamel an outline of flattened wire put on edge
b. the method of doing this
adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) of, relating to, or made by cloisonné
[from French, from cloisonner to divide into compartments, from cloison partition, ultimately from Latin claudere to close2]
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