ALL meanings of damascus steel
Da·mas·cus steel
D d - noun damascus steel a hard flexible steel with wavy markings caused by forging the metal in strips: used for sword blades 3
- noun damascus steel a hard, flexible steel decorated with wavy lines, orig. made in Damascus and used for sword blades 3
- noun damascus steel any steel like this 3
- noun damascus steel hand-wrought steel, made in various Asian countries, from parts of a bloom of heterogeneous composition, repeatedly folded over and welded and finally etched to reveal the resulting grain: used especially for sword blades. 1
- noun damascus steel A kind of steel used in swordmaking from about 300 BC to 1700 AD, characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water. 0