Damascus steel

English

Noun

Damascus steel (countable and uncountable, plural Damascus steels)

1. 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.
2. A modern composite steel made of distinctive portionings of different steels in patterns, resembling that of ancient Damascus steel
3. Any pattern-welded steel

Alternative forms

• Damask steel
• (modern steel): damascus steel

Translations

ancient kind of steel used in sword making

• Arabic: فِرِنْد m (firind)
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: damaskiteräs (fi)
• French: acier damasquiné ?
• German: Damaszener Stahl m
• Hungarian: damaszkuszi acél
• Italian: acciaio di Damasco ?
• Persian: پرند (fa) (parand)
• Polish: stal damasceńska f
• Portuguese: aço damasquino m
• Romanian: oțel de Damasc n
• Russian: була́т (ru) m (bulát), дама́ск m (damásk), харалу́г (ru) m (xaralúg)
• Serbo-Croatian: dàmast (sh) m
• Spanish: acero de Damasco ?

See also

• kuft