'marqueterie' definitions:
Definition of 'marqueterie'
(from WordNet)
noun
Inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture [syn: marquetry, marqueterie]
Definition of 'marqueterie'
From: GCIDE
- marqueterie \mar"que*te*rie\, marquetry \mar"quet*ry\, n. [F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign.] Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture. [1913 Webster]