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SENDAL
Etymology
Noun
sendal (countable and uncountable, plural sendals)
(historical) A light silk cloth.
Anagrams
• Landes, Sandel, Sladen, elands, landes, naleds
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"dal, n. Etym: [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It. zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr.
Definition: A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also cendal, and sendal.] Chaucer. Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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