'Majolica' definitions:
Definition of 'majolica'
From: WordNet
noun
Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide [syn: majolica, maiolica]
Definition of 'Majolica'
From: GCIDE
- Majolica \Ma*jol"i*ca\, n. [It.] A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy decoration, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an early seat of this manufacture. --Heyse. [1913 Webster]