ajouré

Meanings

1. A technique for creating patterns of open areas in fabric by tying woven threads together.
2. A decorative technique in which patterns are created by piercing or perforating a surface (of metal, ivory, leather, marble, etc.)

1. Decorated using ajouré.
2. Depicted in the same color as the field in order to imply that one can see through the element to the field; voided of the field.

Etymology

Borrowed from French ajouré (“perforated”).