Champleve
Pronunciation : Champ`le*v?", a. [F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp
Part of Speech : Lever
Definition : Defn: 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.
Defn: A piece of champlev? enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlev? work.
a bar.] (Art)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913