damask
noun
a reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, or wool, woven with patterns.
damasked
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past participleof damask.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof damask.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
damasknouna reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, or wool, woven with patterns.
Example Sentences
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He picked out from the pile of grim weapons two knives, leaf-bladed, damasked in gold and red; and searching further he found also the sheaths, black, set with small red gems.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
For each of the hobbits he chose a dagger, long, leaf-shaped, and keen, of marvellous workmanship, damasked with serpent-forms in red and gold.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Her dazzling bodice was clasped with emeralds; her draperies were of damasked gauze, shot with gold and silver, and abloom with flowers.
From A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
The lower half of its three lancets each contains a figure on a white background bearing an etched damasked pattern, bordered richly in gold.
From Stained Glass Tours in France by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
In accordance with the conventions, each niche has at the back a damasked curtain, above which a glimpse is afforded of an interior lighted by three windows, all very delicately portrayed.
From Stained Glass Tours in France by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
