criblé

adjective

cri·​blé

variants or less commonly criblée

(ˈ)krē¦blā

of an engraving

: having a background pattern composed of small white dots produced by cribbling the plate see manière criblée

Word History

Etymology

French criblé, masculine, & criblée, feminine, from crible sieve

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