E. Indian. Also koftgaree. [Urdū (Pers.) kuft-, koftgarī ‘beaten-work,’ f. kuftan to beat + -garī making, work.] A kind of Indian damascene-work, in which a pattern traced on steel is inlaid with gold.
1874. Birdwood, in Cole, Obj. Indian Art, 60. Even European tradesmen gave their orders for koftgaree through me.
1874. Cole, Ibid. 121. Armour of kuftgari … was worn by the Sikh horsemen.
1887. Hunter, Imp. Gaz. India, XII. 447. The famous koftgári or damascene work manufactured at Kotli.
