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Meanings of damask in English
Hard, flexible steel with wavy patterns that was popular in the Middle Ages especially for sword blades.
Usage of damask in English
1
The seats in the parterre were mahogany chairs upholstered in blue damask.
2
The parson in his silk cassock, and his helpmate in brown damask.
3
The lace curtains were imitation lace; the damask curtains were imitation damask.
4
The princess was dressed that day in a skirt of white damask.
5
The damask table cloths with the ribbon pattern must be bleached to-morrow.
6
At the windows were heavy red damask curtains, lined with yellow brocade.
7
The dinner cloths and napkins should be of double damask, so called.
8
Fine lace and damask curtains, all blackened by the smoke of battle.
9
Then he rode away with the damask rose waving over his heart.
10
He also spied among these some pieces of velvet, satin, and damask.
11
The new cloth of gold damask looked very well, she thought.
12
The lady in the private box flung her a bouquet of damask roses.
13
The emerald green of the damask was fading into the grey.
14
The windows were raised, but the interior, upholstered in yellow damask, was visible.
15
He was dressed in a red silk damask tobe, and booted.
16
They sat down together on the red damask sofa, against the hanging cloaks.
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Damask through the time
Damask across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common