Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clich'e \Cli`ch['e]"\, n. [F. clich['e], from clicher to
   stereotype.]
   A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament,
   or lettering, in relief.

   {Clich['e] casting}, a mode of obtaining an impression from a
      die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon
      metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid;
      also, the casting so obtained.