Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Damascus steel
noun · first attested 18th century
The watered steel carries the city that traded it.
A patterned steel used for sword blades.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- In English
Damascus steel
Blades of this steel reached Europe through Damascus, and the city's name attached to the banded surface pattern rather than to the making of it.
Also pinned to Damascus
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