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CHAMPLEVES

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champ⋅le⋅vé

  [shahn-luh-vey] adjective, noun, plural -vés  [-vey, -veyz] .
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to an enamel piece or enameling technique in which enamel is fused onto the incised or hollowed areas of a metal base.
–noun
2. an enamel piece made by the champlevé method.
3. the technique used to produce champlevé enamels.
Origin:
1855–60; < F, ptp. of champlever to lift (i.e., take out) a field (i.e., a flat part), make hollow places on the ground to be engraved; see camp 1 , lever
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