en creux
English
Etymology
French. See creux hollow.
Adverb
en creux (not comparable)
- (engraving) In intaglio; by sinking or hollowing out the design.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for en creux in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)