adjective Champleve adj. (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.
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