sgraffito


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sgraffito /sgraˈfiːtəʊ/
noun (pl. sgraffiti /-ti/) a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting colour.
– origin C18: Ital., lit. ‘scratched away’, past part. of sgraffiare.
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