repoussé
See also: repousse
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French repoussé (“pushed up”), ultimately from Latin pulsare (“to push”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrepoussé (uncountable)
- A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
- 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 60:
- […] } the extraordinary thinness of the walls of these vases, which reminds us of the finest china, or even of Venetian glass. Some of them have elements in their designs stamped out into low relief to represent the repoussé ornament natural to such metal-work.
Translations
editmetalworking technique
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Verb
editrepoussé (third-person singular simple present repoussés, present participle repousséing, simple past and past participle repousséed or repousséd)
- To use this metalworking technique.
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editParticiple
editrepoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)
Adjective
editrepoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)
Further reading
edit- “repoussé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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