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cloisonné
[ kloi-zuh-ney; French klwa-zaw-ney ]
noun
- enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thin metal bands fixed edgewise to the ground.
adjective
- pertaining to, forming, or resembling cloisonné or the pattern of cloisonné.
cloisonné
/ klwɑːˈzɒneɪ; klwazɔne /
noun
- a design made by filling in with coloured enamel an outline of flattened wire put on edge
- the method of doing this
adjective
- of, relating to, or made by cloisonné
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cloisonné1
C19: from French, from cloisonner to divide into compartments, from cloison partition, ultimately from Latin claudere to close ²
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