champ·le·vé (shä -l -v  )n. A technique of decorating metal in which areas that have been hollowed out, as by incising, are filled with colored enamel and fired. [French : champ, field (from Old French, from Latin campus) + levé, raised; see levee2.] champ  le·vé adj. |
champlevé French [ʃɑ̃lve (English) ˌʃæmpləˈveɪ]
adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) of or relating to a process of enamelling by which grooves are cut into a metal base and filled with enamel colours
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) an object enamelled by this process
[from champ field (level surface) + levé raised]
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