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

This horse, conducted by two lackeys clothed also with flesh-colored velvet, bore a cushion of silk and cloth-of-gold in Turkish work, on which lay three crowns, the first, solid gold; the second, all pearls; the third, composed of every kind of precious stone of marvellous beauty and richness—and these three crowns formed the imperial head-gear.

From Project Gutenberg

Nero appeared last, borne on a high tribunal eight feet wide and ten long, and covered to the earth with cloth-of-gold, strewn with large embroidered eagles, "copied as closely as possible from the life."

From Project Gutenberg

The chair on which he was seated was entirely covered with another cloth-of-gold crimped.

From Project Gutenberg