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
Usage examples for damask:
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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.