Main Entry: champ·le·vé

Pronunciation: \ˌshäⁿ-lə-ˈvā\

Function: adjective

Etymology: French

Date: 1856

: of, relating to, or being a style of enamel decoration in which the enamel is applied and fired in cells depressed (as by incising) into a metal background — compare cloisonné

— champlevé noun