What is "batiks"

Usage examples of "batiks".

He spread out Malay batiks and handwoven goods and threw laces and silks over the backs of the chairs, meanwhile telling her where he had found one piece or another, how he had haggled over it and purchased it for a song.

He could remember Mayor Bastable on more than one occasion, crunching out through a snowy December morning, fishing pole in hand, toward the icy batiks of the Oriel.