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Definition of: champleve
(shamp′lə·vā′) noun
1. An enamelware produced by cutting depressions in a metal plate, leaving a ridge between them which forms the outline of a design, the hollows then being filled with enamel powder or paste and fired.
2. The process of making this ware, or an article so made. [<F, pp. of champlever engrave <champ surface + lever raise]
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