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English
Noun
damasse (countable and uncountable, plural damasses)
- Alternative spelling of damassé
1879 May 3, The Rural New-Yorker: A Journal for the Suburban and Country Home, volume XXXVIII, number 18, New York, N.Y., page 287:Both in variety of design and of combination, the damasses offered this season are superior to any goods ever before put on the market.
1881, Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries of New Jersey, for the Year Ending October 31st, 1881, Somerville, N.J.: Edward B. Porter, page 152:Fine grades of damasse dress goods are made with combinations of grosgrain, satin, brocade and grenadines.
1902, Amelia E[dith Huddleston] Barr, A Song of a Single Note: A Love Story, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, pages 168–169:[…]; a parcel also found in the boat was opened and its contents spread out for examination. They consisted of a piece of damasse for a lady’s gown, some lace, two pairs of silk stockings, two pairs of gloves, some ribbon, and a fan that had been mended.
French
Pronunciation
Verb
damasse
- first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of damer
Italian
Verb
damasse
- third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of damare