barbotine

noun

bar·​bo·​tine

¦bärbə¦tēn

plural -s

1

: slip entry 7 sense 1a

2

or barbotine ware : early European ware decorated with raised slip designs

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, from barboter "to dabble, splash about, stir up (water or mud)" (altered from Old French borbeter, bourbouter) + -ine -ine entry 2

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