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guilloche
[ gi-lohsh ]
noun
- an ornamental pattern or border, as in architecture, consisting of paired ribbons or lines flowing in interlaced curves around a series of circular voids.
guilloche
/ ɡɪˈlɒʃ /
noun
- an ornamental band or border with a repeating pattern of two or more interwoven wavy lines, as in architecture
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Word History and Origins
Origin of guilloche1
1855–60; < French: graining tool < ?
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Word History and Origins
Origin of guilloche1
C19: from French: tool used in ornamental work, perhaps from Guillaume William
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Example Sentences
The plinth and frieze are often of well-defined guilloche work, or are carved with arabesques or conventionalized flowers.
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The herring bone, the checker, the guilloche, and the like are greatly the heritage of the textile art.
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They include the meander, the scroll, the fret, and the guilloche.
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Nowhere else in British New Guinea do we find the continuous loop coil pattern, the guilloche, or loop coils.
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The sort of guilloche of interlacing circles was very generally used.
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