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CAMLET
camlet
(noun) a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel’s hair
camlet
(noun) a garment made of camlet fabric
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
camlet (countable and uncountable, plural camlets)
A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
A garment made from such a fabric.
Anagrams
• Mactel
Source: Wiktionary
Cam"let, n. Etym: [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 it. Cf. Calamanco]
Definition: A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes written camelot and camblet.]
Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of sigle warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn. Beck (Draper's Dict. )
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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