Found 2 items, similar to Samite.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: samite samite n : a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages
English → English (gcide) Definition: Samite Samite \Sa"mite\, a. [OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from LGr. ?, ? woven with six threads; Gr. ? six + ? a thread. See Six, and cf. Dimity.] A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] In silken samite she was light arrayed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]