camlet meaning
ENWCamlet
- Camlet, also commonly known as camelot or camblet, is a woven fabric that might have originally been made of camel or goat's hair, later chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.
- In the 18th century, England, France, Holland, and Flanders were the chief places of its manufacture; Brussels exceeded them all in the beauty and quality of its camlets, followed by England.
- A variety of terms have been used for camlet in different forms:
- Figured camlets are of one color, on which are stamped various figures, flowers, foliages, etc. The figures were applied with hot irons, passed together with the fabric, under a press.
- NounPLcamletsSUF-let
- A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
- A garment made from such a fabric.
- July 1, 1660 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. — Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys
- 1844 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. — Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 4
- 1893 She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace. — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Refugees, Chapter 3.
- A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
Definition of camlet in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "camlet" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.