The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cloisonn'e
Cloisonn'e \Cloi`son*n['e]\, a. [F., partitioned, fr. cloison a
partition.]
Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines
which divide the different patches of fields are composed of
a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished
from champlev['e] enamel, in which the ground is engraved
or scooped out to receive the enamel.
--S. Wells Williams.