n. Originally, a silken fabric of one color having a pattern of the same color woven in it; now, a textile fabric having a pattern not strongly defined, and repeated at short intervals; especially, such a fabric of linen, where the pattern is indicated only by the direction of the thread, the whole being white or in the unbleached natural color. Compare damaskn. A pattern for decoration of any kind consisting of a simple figure often repeated, as in the woven fabric.n. Any pattern constantly repeated over a relatively large surface, whether consisting of figures separated by the background only, or of compartments constantly succeeding one another, and filled with a design, especially a geometric design, or one based on a flower-form.n. In heraldry, same as diapering.n. A towel or napkin.n. A square piece of cloth for swaddling the nates and adjacent parts of au infant; a clout.To variegate or diversify, as cloth, with figures; flower: as, diapered silk.To draw or work in diaper, or as part of a diaper; introduce in a diapered pattern or fabric.To draw a series or succession of flowers or figures, as upon cloth.