Camlet

/ˈkæm.lɪt/ · noun

Meaning

A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk..

Definitions by Sense

1. A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
2. Made of camlet.

Example Sentences

She wore a sort of jacket of bright red camlet, richly braided with gold and silver lace; a fringe of which also hung from her gray petticoat, which was short enough to show her feet and ankles, whose small size was rendered more remarkable by the peculiar-shaped boot.

She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace.

This morning came home my fine Camlett cloak, with gold buttons, and a silk suit, which cost me much money, and I pray God to make me able to pay for it.

With this announcement he hurried away to the outer door of the Blue Dragon, and almost immediately returned with a companion shorter than himself, who was wrapped in an old blue camlet cloak with a lining of faded scarlet.

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Antonyms for camlet

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Word Forms

• camlets
• camlett
• chamblet
• chamblot
• chamlet
• chamlot
• chamelot
• chamlett
• camlot
• camlott
• more camlet
• most camlet

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