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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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
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
Not only is the canopy well advanced in its detail, but we find that the blue background is damasked, a feature of adornment that elsewhere took some time to develop.
From Stained Glass Tours in France by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
I have seen with that gentleman several large napkins beautifully damasked with the then royal arms, together with the initials J.R. of large size, and elaborately flourished.
From Notes and Queries, Number 62, January 4, 1851 by Various
That nearest the eye is a statue of the Emperor Rudolph of Hapsburgh, admirably carved in oak, the armour is of silver damasked with gold.
From A Walk from London to Fulham by F. W. (Frederick William) Fairholt
