cloth-of-gold

American  

[klawth-uhv-gohld, kloth-] / ˈklɔθ əvˈgoʊld, ˈklɒθ- /

noun

1. a garden plant, Crocus augustifolius, of the iris family, native to the Crimean mountains, having orange-red flowers.

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cloth of gold British  

noun

1. cloth woven from silk threads interspersed with gold

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Example Sentences

The pleasures of a good meal, the flash of cloth-of-gold, the joy of the first crop of plums — the reader is immersed in a more vivid age through Cromwell’s never-miss-anything perspective.

From Los Angeles Times

Has there ever been a more beautiful autumn than the one now on the wane in New York City, with our parks still looking like cloth-of-gold, and flocks of southbound geese calling over our rivers?

From New York Times

The captain put it on the table by the lord: a wide ribbon of black velvet trimmed with cloth-of-gold, and bearing three seals; a crowned stag stamped in golden beeswax, a flaming heart in red, a hand in white.

From Literature

Afterward she rubbed sweet-smelling ointment into his calves to ease the aches, and dressed him once again in boy’s clothing, a musty pair of burgundy breeches and a blue velvet doublet lined with cloth-of-gold.

From Literature

He wore grey plate, a fur- trimmed cloak of cloth-of-gold flowing from his broad shoulders.

From Literature