sgraffito
sgraf·fito
noun
1.
a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground
Origin
Borrowed from Italian sgraffito, from s- (“out”) + graffito (past participle of graffire), ultimately from Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to write or scratch”).
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