guilloche

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See also: guilloché

English

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Etymology

From French guilloche.

Pronunciation

Noun

guilloche (plural guilloches)

  1. A fine engraved pattern of spirals, intertwining bands, etc.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1015:
      A railroad right-of-way, straight across the Balkan Peninsula, conceded in Cyrillic and Arabic script all woven in and out of the loveliest green guilloche by the no-longer-quite-unabsorbed entity of East Roumelia.
  2. The tool used to create such work.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

guilloche (third-person singular simple present guilloches, present participle guilloching, simple past and past participle guilloched)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with intersecting curved lines.

French

Noun

guilloche f (plural guilloches)

  1. guilloche
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