champlevé

champ·le·vé

 (shäN-lə-vā′)

n.

A technique of decorating metal in which areas that have been hollowed out, as by incising, are filled with colored enamel and fired.

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[French : champ, field (from Old French, from Latin campus); see campus + levé, raised; see levee².]

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champ′le·vé′ adj.

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champlevé

(ʃɑ̃lve; English ˌʃæmpləˈveɪ)

adj

(Ceramics) of or relating to a process of enamelling by which grooves are cut into a metal base and filled with enamel colours

n

(Ceramics) an object enamelled by this process

[C19: from champ field (level surface) + levé raised]

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champ•le•vé

(ʃɑ̃ ləˈveɪ)

adj., n., pl. -vés (-ˈveɪ, -ˈveɪz) adj.

1. being or made by an enameling technique in which the enamel is fused onto incised or hollowed areas of a metal base.

n.

2. the technique itself.

[1855–60; < French, past participle of champlever to lift]

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Adj.

1.

champleve - (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired cloisonne adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction

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