damask

Meanings

Noun

• An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
• Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
• A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
• Damascus steel
• The peculiar markings or water of such steel.
• A damask rose, Rosa × damascena (nothospecies).
• A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.

Adjective

• Of a grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.

Verb

• To decorate or weave in damascene patterns

Origin

• From Middle English damaske, from Medieval Latin damascus, named after the city Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.