English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "ingelê" is om stukke van 'n materiaal in 'n oppervlak in 'n dekoratiewe patroon te plaas. In houtwerk of meubelvervaardiging, byvoorbeeld, kan 'n ontwerp geskep word deur in die oppervlak van die hout te sny en stukke van 'n ander materiaal, soos metaal of ivoor, in te voeg om 'n dekoratiewe effek te skep. Hierdie tegniek staan bekend as "inleg." "Ingelê" is die verlede deelwoordvorm van die werkwoord "inleg", wat beteken dat dit iets beskryf wat op hierdie manier versier is.

Sentence Examples

  1. Still bent over and panting, Hydro noticed Elias hobble his way from the shade of East Tower with the help of a golden cane inlaid with sapphire vines.
  2. The bow was made of wood, waxed to a beautiful shine and inlaid with copper through the middle for strength and at the tips that curved away.
  3. Debray, who was slightly disturbed at this visit, recovered himself when he saw the calmness of the baroness, and took up a book marked by a mother-of-pearl knife inlaid with gold.
  4. Directly beneath the lantern was a low, inlaid wood table and gathered around the table were sofas, in the original sense of the word low Middle Eastern couches with bright pillows in a rainbow of colors.
  5. They were armed with their long guns inlaid with mother-of-pearl and silver, and cartridges in great numbers were lying scattered on the floor.
  6. At the head of the room sat two thrones that looked to be made of the same white stone as the castle, heavily inlaid with gold in an intricate pattern that offered flashes of the white underneath.
  7. On the walls, over the doors, on the ceiling, were swords, daggers, Malay creeses, maces, battle-axes gilded, damasked, and inlaid suits of armor dried plants, minerals, and stuffed birds, their flame-colored wings outspread in motionless flight, and their beaks forever open.
  8. Yonaton bit into his slice, and his eyes caught the inlaid handle sticking out from the fruit.
  9. They were sitting on an inlaid wood table near the huge fireplace.
  10. A junior granddaughter directs him down a torchlit staircase with inlaid railing.