Cli`ch'e" (?), n. [F. clich'e, from clicher to stereotype.]
A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
Clich'e casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.
© Webster 1913.