Inflected forms: pl. mar·que·tries also mar·que·teries Material, such as wood or ivory, inlaid piece by piece into a wood surface in an intricate design and veneered to another surface, especially of furniture, for decoration.
ETYMOLOGY:
French marqueterie, from Old French, from marqueter, to checker, from marque, mark, ultimately from Old Norse merki, mark. See merg- in Appendix I.
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