/kloy'zeuh nay"/ ; Fr. /klwann zaw nay"/ , n.
1. enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thin metal bands fixed edgewise to the ground.
adj.
2. pertaining to, forming, or resembling cloisonné or the pattern of cloisonné.
[ 1860-65; cloison partition (OF clausion-, s. of * clausio; L claus ( us ) closed (see CLAUSE, CLOSE) + -io -ION) + -é -atus -ATE 1 ]