repousse
11repoussé — I. adjective Etymology: French, literally, pushed back Date: 1858 1. shaped or ornamented with patterns in relief made by hammering or pressing on the reverse side used especially of metal 2. formed in relief II. noun Date: 1858 1. repoussé work… …
12repoussé — /reuh pooh say /, adj. 1. (of a design) raised in relief by hammering on the reverse side. 2. ornamented or made in this kind of raised work. n. 3. the art or process of producing repoussé designs. [1850 55; < F, ptp. of repousser to push back;… …
13repousse — (entrée créée par le supplément) (re pou s ) s. f. 1° Action de pousser de nouveau, en parlant d un végétal. • Il [le cheval] tond l herbe de trop près, ce qui nuit à la repousse du gazon, BOCHER Rapport à l Assemblée nationale, n° 1910, p. 9 …
14repousse — nf. (des plantes...), action de repousser, renaissance (de la nature) : rpeussa (Albanais.001) ; rbyolaizon (1, Arvillard). A1) repousse, rejeton, surgeon, nouvelle // jeune repousse pousse : rbyolon nm. (001), rèbyolou n (Peisey) …
15repoussé — The method of producing metal relief by hammering and/or punching a sheet of metal from the back. The metal is usually hammered into a prepared mold, then final details are engraved onto the front of the relief. Materials raised by repoussé… …
16repoussé — re•pous•sé [[t]rə puˈseɪ[/t]] adj. 1) fia (of a design) raised in relief by hammering on the reverse side 2) fia ornamented or made in this kind of raised work 3) fia the art or process of producing repoussé designs • Etymology: 1850–55; < F,… …
17repousse-peaux — [ʀ(ə)puspo] n. m. ÉTYM. V. 1960; de 1. repousser, et peau. ❖ ♦ Instrument de manucure pour repousser les petites peaux autour des ongles. ⇒ Repoussoir (1.). 0 Mireille, rêvant aux propriétés qui ne faisaient rien en Touraine, laissa un instant en …
18Repoussé and chasing — Chased and chasing redirect here. For other uses, see Chase (disambiguation). The Great Dish, or Great Plate of Bacchus, from the Roman Mildenhall Treasure …
19repoussé — noun A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side …
20REPOUSSÉ — a name applied to a style of raised ornamentation in metal obtained by beating out from behind a convex design, which is then chased in front; was known to the Greeks, and carried to a high pitch of perfection by Benvenuto Cellini in the 16th… …
