Guil"loche` (?), n. [F. guillochis; -- said to be fr. Guillot, the inventor of a machine for carving it.] (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.

 

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Guil`loche" (?), n.

In ornamental art, any pattern made by interlacing curved lines.

 

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