Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.