·add. ·noun A piece of champleve enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champleve work.
II. Champleve ·add. ·adj 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.