batik

Definition

A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.

Etymology

From Dutch batik, from Javanese bathik (ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀).

Example Sentences

• "There were batik dresses in which mingled indigo, orange, green, vermilion, and black; dresses of velvet and chiffon in screaming colors, blood-red, sulphur-yellow, sea-green; and one black and white thing in striking combination."
• "Look at her, whirling around the compound wearing batik shorts and a cotton shirt, her long black hair braided into two arcs fastened with colored bands, her teeth gleaming and one slipper broken."