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Webster 1913 Edition
Cloisonne
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Cloiˊson-né
,Adj.
[F., partitioned, fr.
cloison
a partition.] Inlaid between partitions: – said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from
champlevé
enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.
Definition 2024
cloisonne
cloisonne
See also: cloisonné
English
A Ming bowl decorated with cloisonne
Alternative forms
Noun
cloisonne (countable and uncountable, plural cloisonnes)
- (metalwork, uncountable) A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked between raised ridges of the metal.
- Cloisonne is sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative to jewelled encrustation or filigree.
- Zoë wore a pair of cloisonne earrings she had bought in France.
- (metalwork) Objects decorated by this technique collectively.
- The museum had a fine collection of medieval Italian cloisonne.
Translations
technique
collective noun for these objects
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: cloisonnent, cloisonnes
Verb
cloisonne
- first-person singular present indicative of cloisonner
- third-person singular present indicative of cloisonner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cloisonner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cloisonner
- second-person singular imperative of cloisonner