ajoure
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of ajouré.
Example Sentences
- "Both objects, ornamented with ajoure designs and twisted wire, are attached to a ring."
- "The straight edge of the lace comprises ajoure fabric with inserted braid. To the ajoure fabric are attached flowers comprising eight leaves with a half stitch in the centre."
- "About it 16 ajoure plates in the shape of a dove (111. 5 on fig. 119) and 50 round Medusa heads, by her temples beautiful Greek earrings (ib. in. 6, 7), on her neck a golden hoop and a necklace (ib. iv. 1, 2)."
- "The binders worked in the traditional Eastern manner, with arabesques and gilding and cut-out (ajoure) leather over a coloured background."
- "Moreover, the exquisite art of making textiles "ajoure" created masterpieces of design which at one time graced and embellished thousands of vernerated altars throughout Christendom."
- "It is Phoenician ajoure or openwork and carved in three-quarter relief."