Obs. Sc. champit. [perh. f. CHAMP in sense ‘field, ground’; hence having raised figures on a ground of a distinct color and texture; but perh. connected with prec.] Having raised figures; embossed, diapered. (Jam.)
1501. Douglas, Pal. Hon., I. xlvi. Satine figures champit with flouris and bewis.
1539. Inv. Roy. Wardr. (1815), 32 (Jam.). Ane gowne of crammasy velvot, champit like dammes with ane braid pasment of gold.
1573. in Nichols, Progr. Q. Eliz., I. 378. Item, oone standynge cup, the bodie chamte and cover partli christall.
1612. Inv., in A. McKay, Hist. Kilmarnock, 308. Ane stand of greine champit curteinis.
