Champlev'e \Champ`le*v['e]"\, a. [F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp, Lever a bar.]

(Art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. -- n. A piece of champlev['e] enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlev['e] work.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)