The Collaborative International Dictionary
baudkyn
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.