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Camlet

Camlet Meaning & Definition
Camlet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Camlet?

[n] a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair
[n] a garment made of camlet fabric

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See Also | cloth | fabric | garment | material | textile

Camlet In Webster's Dictionary

\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 {Calamanco}] A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.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}.] 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. )

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