Found 2 items, similar to camlet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: camlet
camlet
n 1: a garment made of camlet fabric
2: a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and
camel's hair
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Camlet
Camlet
\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A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly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.]
[1913 Webster]
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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