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‖ repoussé, a. (and n.)|rəpuse|
[F., pa. pple. of repousser, f. re- re- + pousser: see push v.]
a. Of metal work: Raised or beaten into relief, ornamented in relief, by means of hammering from the back or reverse side.
1852Rep. Juries Exhib. 1851, 512/2 A candlestick without branches..in repoussé work. 1862Catal. Internat. Exhib. II. xxxiii. 5 Stem and base of silver repoussé table. Ibid. 24/1 It is made of pure gold, repoussé throughout. 1876Ouida Winter City vii, With firelight on the repoussé gold and silver work of her loose girdle.
b. ellipt. as n. Metal-work of this kind; the process of hammering into relief.
1858Queen Victoria Let. 1 Apr. in R. Fulford Dearest Child (1964) 83 A vase by Veité—silver repoussé, really very fine. 1875Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7). 1884Knight Dict. Mech., Suppl. 750/2. 1911 [see crusta f]. 1977Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXV. 485/1 The part [of the helmet] which covered the forehead is plain, but above it, in repoussé, there is an arched ridge round which curly hair is shown. |