Damascus steel

English

Noun

Damascus steel (countable and uncountable, plural Damascus steels)

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.
A modern composite steel made of distinctive portionings of different steels in patterns, resembling that of ancient Damascus steel

Alternative forms

Damask steel
(modern steel): damascus steel

Translations

ancient kind of steel used in sword making

Finnish: damaskiteräs (fi)

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