English▸ noun [mass noun] glazed ceramic ware, in particular decorated tin-glazed earthenware of the type which includes delftware and maiolica:
[as modifier] faience figurines.
▪ Architecture moulded glazed or unglazed terracotta blocks used structurally or as cladding.
– ORIGIN late 17th century (originally denoting pottery made at Faenza): from French faïence, from Faïence, the French name for Faenza.