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Baudekin

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A rich embroidered or brocaded silk fabric woven originally with a warp of gold thread, and properly called cloth of baudekin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery; -- made originally at Baghdad.
  • Word Usage
    "The spirit of the Orient showed itself in the songs of the troubadours, and the _baudekin_, [428] the canopy of Bagdad, [429] became common in the churches of Italy."
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