The process or craft of applying enamel to an object to create a hard, glossy, decorative coating.
Present participle of enamel, from Old French 'enamailler.' The -ing form creates both a noun (the action) and gerund (the activity as a subject). British spelling retains double-l before -ing.
Medieval enamellers discovered that if they got the temperature wrong by even 50 degrees, the entire piece could crack or the colors could change—so they had to develop incredibly precise kiln techniques centuries before modern thermometers existed.
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