Champleve Definition
shäɴ-lə-vā
noun
A technique of decorating metal in which areas that have been hollowed out, as by incising, are filled with colored enamel and fired.
American Heritage
A champlevé enamel.
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating or of a kind of enamel work in which furrows or hollows cut into a metal surface, usually copper, are filled with vitreous powders and then fired.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Champleve
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French champ field (from Old French) (from Latin campus) levé raised levee2
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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