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What is a trompe?

What is a trompe? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (obsolete) A trumpet; a trump.
  2. Alternative form of tromp (“blowing apparatus in a forge”)
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Though the project reads like an editorial fashion shoot, it is a complete trompe l'oeil, composed in a virtual reality.
One with a trompe l'oeil bowknot introduced the notion that clothing could be a self-aware visual joke.
In the room from North East, he settled on a faded coat of greenish-blue paint visible over earlier layers of white and trompe l'oeil graining.
Dead, living, or living-dead, dream or waking vision, the principal haunters of Le Fanu's fiction generally appear in such a trompe l'oeil setting.
Instead of using natural draught, air was pumped in by a trompe, resulting in better quality iron and an increased capacity.
The use of crumbled or folded paper standing out from the plane surface of the canvas was a recurring motif of the Vanitas trompe l' oeil paintings.

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