barbotine

[bahr-buh-teen]

bar·bo·tine

[bahr-buh-teen]
noun
a thin clay paste for making ceramic decorations in low relief.

Origin:
1860–65; < French, equivalent to barbot(er) to dabble, splash about (of a duck, etc.) + -ine -ine2
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