Definition of "kente" []

• A brightly patterned, handwoven ceremonial cloth of the Ashanti. (noun)
• A durable machine-woven fabric similar to this fabric, prominently featured in Afrocentric fashion. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Sunday service can feature brilliantined choirboys, or an organist, or dancing women in kente cloth."
• "A folk tale-like picture book of the first rank about a selfish young man who learns to compromise after leaving his African village, illustrated in kente-cloth colors and patterns by an artist who has won the Kate Greenaway award."
• ""We have the opportunity to jump-start our economy by paying our vendors today -- an immediate injection of billions into our economy," Quinn said in his 27-minute speech, during which he wore a sash known as a kente cloth to mark Black History Month."