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baudkin

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.