Definition of Repousses

1. repousse [n] - See also: repousse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Repousses

repost
reposted
reposting
reposts
reposure
reposures
repot
repots
repotted
repotting
repour
repoured
repouring
repours
repousse
repousses (current term)
repoussoir
repoussoirs
repoussé
repower
repowered
repowering
repowers
repp
repped
reppiaite
repping
reppings
repps
reprecipitate

Literary usage of Repousses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Valuable Artistic by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association (1921)
"159—SET OF S,x ITALIAN SILVER-PLATED COPPER CANDLESTICKS Seventeenth Century Hexagonal and cylindrical vase and baluster-shaped stems repousses with scrolls ..."

2. Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man: Being a New and by Nicolas Gouin Dufief (1834)
"Au commencement de l'action, les grenadiers He runs into long discourses on a subject of very furent repousses. In thé beginning of thé battle, ..."

3. Decisions of the Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court, and Bankruptcy Court by Mauritius Supreme Court (1884)
"In taking possession of the bind what wes he to do with the " repousses " left by ... The question as to these '' repousses " and also as to the gaps of old ..."

4. Catalogue of the Rare Artistic Properties Collected by the Connoisseur ...by American Art Association, Raoul Tolentino, Seymour de Ricci, Horace Townsend by American Art Association, Raoul Tolentino, Seymour de Ricci, Horace Townsend (1920)
"264—SET OF Srx VENETIAN PAINTED AND GILT METAL PRICKET CANDLESTICKS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Vase and baluster-shaped stems repousses with acanthus ..."

5. The Contemporary Review (1892)
"Cigale, ma cigale—allons, il faut chanter: Oír les lauriers du bois—sont déjà repousses." Sometimes the most everyday events find their way into these ..."

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