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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
camlet \cam"let\, n. 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
a woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly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.
1913 webster
note: they have been made plain and twilled, of single warp
and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double
weft also, with thicker yarn. --beck draper's dict.
1913 webster
see also:
calamanco camelot camblet
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
camlet
n 1: a garment made of camlet fabric
2: a fabric of asian origin; originally made of silk and
camel's hair
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