cloisonné
[ kloi-zuh-ney; French klwa-zaw-ney ]
/ ˌklɔɪ zəˈneɪ; French klwa zɔˈneɪ /
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.
Words nearby cloisonné
clofibrate,
clog,
clog dance,
clogger,
cloggy,
cloisonné,
cloister,
cloister garth,
cloistered,
cloistered vault,
cloistral
Example sentences from the Web for cloisonne
And nothing, in my judgment, more clearly exhibits this union of taste and skill than the Cloisonne work.
The Old World and Its Ways |William Jennings BryanThere were many flowers in the room—some in Cloisonne vases, others in gimcrack vessels such as are bought at country fairs.
Simon the Jester |William J. LockeThey continued along one of the lower galleries of this cloisonne factory, and came to a little bridge that spanned a vault.
When the Sleeper Wakes |Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for cloisonne
cloisonné
/ (klwɑːˈzɒneɪ, French 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
Word Origin for cloisonné
C19: from French, from
cloisonner to divide into compartments, from
cloison partition, ultimately from Latin
claudere to
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