n. India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A rich stuff made in India with silk or silk and cotton and a free use of gold thread, silver thread, or both. Also kinkhab.
Word Usage
"And when this was done, she composedly ordered her pipe and threw herself lazily at length upon a pile of kincob cushions, her posture the more careless since she knew herself secure from observation; the garden being private to her use."