satin weave

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A basic weave construction with the interlacing of the threads so arranged that the face of the cloth is covered with warp yarn or filling yarn and no twill line is distinguishable.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A style of weaving executed on a loom having five or more harnesses.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a weave in which the filling and warp threads intersect in such a way as to give a smooth compact surface with no distinguishable twill line