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cendal

Sendal \Sen"dal\, n. [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It. zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr. ??? a fine Indian cloth.] A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also cendal, and sendal.]
--Chaucer.

Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver?
--Sir W. Scott.

Usage examples of "cendal".

Sier Quesnes was dressed in barbaresque fashion, in a bournous of cendal shot with gold thread.

Quesnes was dressed in barbaresque fashion, in a bournous of cendal shot with gold thread.

Beneath lay ells of costly silks, samites, cendals, and damasks, as well as pelts of ermine and sable.

Sier Quesnes was dressed in barbaresque fashion, in a bournous of cendal shot with gold thread.

Quesnes was dressed in barbaresque fashion, in a bournous of cendal shot with gold thread.