Camlet

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  • noun. A rich cloth of Asian origin, supposed originally to have been made of camel's hair and silk and later made of goat's hair and silk or other combinations.
  • noun. A garment made from this cloth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • pret. and pp. camleted, camletted, ppr. camleting, camletting. [⟨ camlet, n.] To cause to resemble wavy or watered camlet.
  • noun. A rich stuff used for dress as early as the thirteenth century.
  • noun. A very durable plain cloth used for cloaks and the like; a water-proof material in common use before the introduction of india-rubber.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
  • noun. A garment made from such a fabric.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a garment made of camlet fabric
  • noun. a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair
  • Word Usage
    "Egmont was more lenient to the foul practices which prevailed there, and took almost a childish pleasure in dining at the table of the Duchess, dressed, as were many of the younger nobles, in short camlet doublet with the wheat-sheaf buttons."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cloth  fabric  garment  material  textile  
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    Camelot  camblet