[a. F. barbotine, f. barboter to work noisily with the bill in water or mud (as a duck, etc.).] A thin creamy mixture of kaolin clay used to ornament pottery.
1865. Eliza Meteyard, Wedgwood, II. 122. The edging and letters in relief … being formed in yellow barbotine or slip.
1883. Standard, 15 May, 1/2 (Advt.) Lessons daily in Painting on glass, china, and barbotine.
