an act of decoration by the insertion of pieces of wood, ivory, etc, into prepared slots in the surface of an article
2.
a decoration made by inlaying
Examples of 'inlaying' in a sentence
inlaying
This taste for inlaying was carried to great lengths on the flat walls.
Various The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893 (1893). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
The constitution of diamond retention capacity, including physical adsorption force, mechanical inlaying force, and chemical bonding force, are described.
Xiaojun Zhao, Longchen Duan 2018, 'A Review of the Diamond Retention Capacity of Metal Bond Matrices', Metalshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/8/5/307. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)