Meanings of watered-silk in English

He said that he would think about it, and sent her, next day, a silver cigarette-case with a watered-silk lining.

In the drawing-room sat Irene amid the cold whiteness of sculpture, which adorned the walls, and the reflection on polished furniture of blue watered-silk.

His interest became suddenly absorbed there, and he did not look at the lean figure in watered-silk who strode toward them from the entrance.

If you are a landowner, you get the whole compass of the watered-silk sky and the hedges and the livestock and everything in it.