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plique-à-jour

plique-à-jour noun: a vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel.

Noun

plique-à-jour (uncountable)

  1. A vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel.

Origin of plique-à-jour

From French plique-à-jour, literally "letting in daylight".

Questions about plique-à-jour

What does plique-à-jour mean?
Plique-à-jour means a vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel.
What part of speech is plique-à-jour?
Plique-à-jour is a noun.

Words near plique-à-jour in the dictionary

  1. plipped
  2. plipper
  3. plippers
  4. plipping
  5. plips
  6. plique-à-jour
  7. plish
  8. plishes
  9. Pliska
  10. Pliskas
  11. pliskies

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