Damask

Definition of damask:

part of speech: verb

To flower or variegate, as cloth.

part of speech: verb

To variegate with a figured pattern, as cloth or steel.

part of speech: adjective

Of a red color, like that of a damask rose.

part of speech: noun

Figured stuff orig. of silk, now of linen, cotton, or wool.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to, or made of, damask.

part of speech: noun

Stuff woven with figures.

Usage examples for damask:

• She lay in the deep sofa, covered with red damask amid a bewildering softness of cushions and rugs, and wondered what Lady Anne was saying to Mamie. "Mary Gray", Katharine Tynan.

• The damask warmth deepened just a trifle in his companion's cheek. "The League of the Leopard", Harold Bindloss.

• There is a castle in the blind, and a castle gate- way, and two walks, and several peasants, and groves of trees which rise in excellent harmony with the fall of my green damask curtains- new, since you saw me last. "The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)", Frederic G. Kenyon.