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A fabric of Asian origin
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camlet
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk. 2 A garment made from such a fabric.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Camlet , also commonly known as camelot or camblet , is a woven fabric that might have originally been made of camel or goat 's hair, later chiefly of goat's hair and silk , or of wool and cotton . The original form of this cloth was very valuable; the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote, chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum, camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being used in making ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a garment made of camlet fabric a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair
Usage examples of camlet.
I stocked the warehouse with three hundred pieces of sarcenet and camlet of different shades and colours to receive the designs, and I paid for everything in ready money.
He had long been the prisoner of this Louis XIV camlet, and he was now going to be executed.
He was becomingly arrayed in a suit of dark brown camlet, with rows of close-set gold buttons running up his hanging sleeves.
He was not dressed as people dress in general, but wore a frock of dark camlet, with a large shirt-collar turned down, and a narrow slip of black silk twisted rather than tied round his throat.
The accountant, a stout, full-faced man, looked around him with a naive smile of satisfaction and presented a strange appearance among the hussars, Cossacks, and adjutants, in his camlet coat, as he jolted on his horse with a convoy officer's saddle.