Meanings of trompe in English

She had even painted the furniture in trompe l'oeil to match it.

Something out of a trompe-l'oeil painting where the surface warps and buckles.

Organdy tops were trimmed with ribbon to create trompe l'oeil collars and lapels.

They'd taken a table under the watchful eye of the trompe I'oeil Zeus.

In fact, once they're close up, the door looks painted on, a trompe l'oeil.

Or, M. de Metternich ment toujours, et ne trompe jamais.

For the trompe shall blowe, and the deed shall ryse incorruptible and we shalbe chaunged.

The trompe l'oeil was enough to make him dizzy, and so he quickly looked down.

Hayden had seen in the paper that Lessingsdorf was being disassembled, the trompe l'oeil pulled down.

At one time, you could see his trompe l'oeil frescos in dozens of pizzerias around town.

Mon cher monsieur, notre général se trompe.

It's solid, just a trompe l'oeil.

Animals lurked in the forest like trompe l'oeil figures, some of them horrific beasts he had never seen before.

Schiaparelli's memorable works included knitted sweaters with trompe-l'oeil bows and neckties, as well as suits with embroidered lip-shaped pockets.

In each one are life-like plaster figures and trompe l'oeil furnishings, depicting an episode in the life of Jesus.

Even an adult can amuse himself for half an hour with this: it is a perfect trompe-l'oeil in mechanical adjustment.