noun
gold brocade
A luxurious fabric woven with gold threads, often used in traditional Japanese garments and Buddhist altar fittings.
この帯は金襴で織られている。
This obi is woven with gold brocade.
金襴の打敷が仏壇を飾っていた。
A gold brocade altar cloth adorned the Buddhist altar.
錦 is a broader term for brocade or richly woven fabric, while 金襴 specifically refers to brocade with gold threads.
Compound of 金 (kin, 'gold') and 襴 (ran, 'thin silk' or 'brocade'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with gold-threaded brocade.