kincob

British  

/ ˈkɪŋkɒb /

noun

1. a fine silk fabric embroidered with threads of gold or silver, of a kind made in India

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Etymology

Origin of kincob

C18: from Urdu kimkhāb

Example Sentences

A black silk fur-belowed scarf covered her shoulders; and over the kincob gown hung a yellow satin apron, trimmed with white Persian.

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

The body of her husband, wrapped in rich kincob, was then carried seven times round the pile, and finally laid across her knees.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport

First came a noisy, turbulent crowd of native soldiery, escorting a young man mounted on a very fat horse, dressed in gorgeous kincob, with eight people holding an enormous umbrella over him.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)

Didn't they help themselves to all the plate and the money—to several of my best dresses, and amongst others, to my favourite kincob gown; and I've never been able to get another like it!

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

We had noticed in the room of the agents piles of kincob, or cloth of gold, worth I fear to say how many rupees a yard.

From A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 by Griffiths, Charles John