cloisonne

• cloisonné

From French cloisonné (“partitioned”).

cloisonne (countable and uncountable, plural cloisonnes)

1. (metalwork, uncountable) A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal.

   Cloisonne is sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative to jewelled encrustation or filigree.

   Zoë wore a pair of cloisonne earrings she had bought in France.

2. (metalwork) Objects decorated by this technique collectively.

   The museum had a fine collection of medieval Italian cloisonne.

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• Homophones: cloisonnent, cloisonnes

cloisonne

1. inflection of cloisonner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative