ajoure

See also: ajouré

English

Adjective

ajoure (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of ajouré
   • 1951, Detroit Institute of Arts, Exhibition of Jewish Ceremonial Art, November 15-December 30, 1951, page 43:

     Both objects, ornamented with ajoure designs and twisted wire, are attached to a ring.

   • 2004, Dana Veselská, Laces from the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague, page 104:

     The straight edge of the lace comprises ajoure fabric with inserted braid. To the ajoure fabric are attached flowers comprising eight leaves with a half stitch in the centre.

   • 2011, Ellis Hovell Minns, Scythians and Greeks, page 216:

     About it 16 ajoure plates in the shape of a dove (111. 5 on fig. 119) and 50 round Medusa heads, by her temples beautiful Greek earrings (ib. in. 6, 7), on her neck a golden hoop and a necklace (ib. iv. 1, 2).

   • 2021, Arundell Esdaile, Roy Stokes, A Student's Manual of Bibliography:

     The binders worked in the traditional Eastern manner, with arabesques and gilding and cut-out (ajoure) leather over a coloured background.

Noun

ajoure (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ajouré
   • 1917, American Architect and Architecture - Volume 112, page 235:

     Moreover, the exquisite art of making textiles "ajoure" created masterpieces of design which at one time graced and embellished thousands of vernerated altars throughout Christendom.

   • 1979, The Biblical Archaeologist - Volumes 42-44, page 182:

     It is Phoenician ajoure or openwork and carved in three-quarter relief.

   • 1992, Encyclopaedia of Humanities and Social Sciences, page 445:

     During the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (c. 2133-1786 BC ) metalworkers attained a very high degree of skill , working in every decorative technique, including repousse, ajoure, chasing and engraving, granulation, wirework, enameling, and lapidary work.

   • 2005, Etan Ayalon, The Assemblage of Bone and Ivory Artifacts from Caesarea Maritima, Israel 1st-13th Centuries CE, page 164:

     Several half finished objects hint at this possibility, such as ajoure inlay No. 513 in which one worker drilled the basic perforations while another one was probably supposed to enlarge the designs later on, but never did.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ajourent, ajoures

Verb

ajoure

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