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camlet

noun
/ˈkæm.lɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English chamelet, chamelot, chamlot via Old French chamelot, suffixed + -ot from Arabic خَمْلَة (ḵamla, “velvet”).

  1. derived from خَمْلَة — “velvet”
  2. derived from chamelot
  3. inherited from chamelet

Definitions

  1. A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.

    • She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace.

  2. Made of camlet.

    • This morning came home my fine Camlett cloak, with gold buttons, and a silk suit, which cost me much money, and I pray God to make me able to pay for it.
    • With this announcement he hurried away to the outer door of the Blue Dragon, and almost immediately returned with a companion shorter than himself, who was wrapped in an old blue camlet cloak with a lining of faded scarlet.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA