Definition of "repoussé"

repoussé

/ˈɹə.pu.ˈse͡ɪ/

noun
uncountable
1. A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
  Quotations
  […] } the extraordinary thinness of the walls of these vases, which reminds us of the finest china, or even of Venetian glass. Some of them have elements in their designs stamped out into low relief to represent the repoussé ornament natural to such metal-work.
  1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 60
verb
third-person singular simple present repoussés, present participle repousséing, simple past and past participle repousséed or repousséd
1. To use this metalworking technique.