Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Cliché
Cli′ché′ (klē′shā′), n. [F. cliché, from clicher to stereotype.] A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
Cliché casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.