champleve

adjective

1. of or relating to an enamel piece or enameling technique in which enamel is fused onto the incised or hollowed areas of a metal base.

noun, plural champ·le·vés [shahn-luh-vey, -veyz] /ʃɑ̃ ləˈveɪ, -ˈveɪz/.

2. an enamel piece made by the champlevé method.
3. the technique used to produce champlevé enamels.

adjective

1. of or relating to a process of enamelling by which grooves are cut into a metal base and filled with enamel colours

noun

2. an object enamelled by this process