[dey-koo-pahzh] 
noun, verb, -paged, -pag⋅ing. [dey-koo-pahzh; Fr. dey-koo-pazh] . | 1. | the art or technique of decorating something with cut-outs of paper, linoleum, plastic, or other flat material over which varnish or lacquer is applied. |
| 2. | work produced by the art or technique of decoupage. |
| 3. | to decorate by decoupage: walls decoupaged with photographs of movie stars. |
| 4. | to apply or use as decoupage or by decoupage technique: Let's decoupage these maps onto the tabletops. |
de·cou·page also dé·cou·page (dā'kōō-päzh')  (click for larger image in new window) n.
[French découpage, from découper, to cut up or out, from Old French descolper : des-, de- + colper, to cut (from colp, stroke; see coup).] |
decoupage
(French: "cutting out"), the art of cutting and pasting cutouts to simulate painting on a wood, metal, or glass surface. There are many variations in technique, but the four basic steps of decoupage generally are cutting out the pictures, arranging them to depict a scene or tell a story, pasting them on a surface, and applying several (sometimes up to 12) thin coats of varnish or lacquer to the pictures.
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