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Baudekin

Baudekin \Bau"de*kin\, n. [OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See Baldachin.] 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. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.]
--Nares.

Usage examples of "baudekin".

On the dais was a throne of carven ivory, and above it a canopy of baudekin of the goodliest fashion, and there was a foot-carpet before it, wrought with beasts and the hunting of the deer.