guilloche Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands

WordNet


Guil"loche` noun
Etymology
F. guillochis; -- said to be fr. Guillot, the inventor of a machine for carving it.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.

Webster 1913