||Champ`le*vé" (?), a. [F., p. p.
of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp,
Lever a bar.] (Art) 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.
||Champ`le*vé" (?), a. [F., p. p.
of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp,
Lever a bar.] (Art) 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.