champleve

1. adj. (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired Source: wordnet

2. Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. --n. A piece of champlevé enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlevé work. Source: webster

3. Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to beenameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kindof enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filledwith enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating theprocess of making such enamel work. --n. Source: adambom

4. s. (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired Source: ecdict

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