Cloisonne Definition

kloizə-nā, klə-wäzə-

noun

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.

American Heritage

Cloisonné enamel.

Webster's New World

The art or process of producing such enamelwork.

American Heritage

Alternative spelling of cloisonne.

Wiktionary

adjective

Designating or of a kind of enamel work in which the surface decoration is set in hollows formed by shaped pieces of wire welded to a metal plate.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Cloisonne

French past participle of cloisonner to partition from Old French cloison partition from Vulgar Latin clausiō clausiōn- from Latin clausus past participle of claudere to close, lock

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Borrowing from French.

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