kincob

/ ˈkɪŋkɒb /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kincob¹

C18: from Urdu kimkhāb

Example Sentences

Kincob, kin′kob, n. a rich silk-stuff made in India.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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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.

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No less than fifty-eight congratulatory telegrams from public bodies in the Mofussil had been received, and, after leave asked and granted, a number of deputations were introduced, who presented their documents enclosed in handsome caskets or in kincob bags.

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In the few hours which had elapsed since the ghastly discovery, the brocades and kincob of the audience-tents had been torn down and distributed, the cushions deprived of their rich covers, and the very gaddi on which the Rajah's body had been found stripped of its damask.

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