damascening, vbl. n.
(dæməˈsiːnɪŋ)
[-ing1.]
The action of the vb. damascene; also the design or figured surface so produced.
| 1860 Cornh. Mag. No. 3. 271 Delightful arabesques and damascenings. 1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Ind. Art I. 163 Damascening is the art of encrusting one metal with another..in the form of wire, which by undercutting and hammering is thoroughly incorporated with the metal which it is intended to ornament. |