camlet
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4ADJ.
blue, bright, gold-coloured, old, red
CAMLET + NOUN
cloak, skirt
PREP.
with
ADV.
richly
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noun
A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
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.
adj
Made of camlet.
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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4She 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
WiktionaryShe was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace.
WiktionaryThis 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.
WiktionaryWith 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 l
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