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camlet

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cam·let  (kmlt)
n.
1. A rich cloth of Asian origin, supposed originally to have been made of camel's hair and silk and later made of goat's hair and silk or other combinations.
2. A garment made from this cloth.

[Middle English chamelet, from Old French chamelot, perhaps from Arabic amla, nap, fibers.]
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Noun1.camlet - a garment made of camlet fabric
garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
2.camlet - a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"


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The evening being warm, I had undressed me and put on a thin camlet surtout over my waistcoat.
The accountant, a stout, full-faced man, looked around him with a naive smile of satisfaction and presented a strange appearance among the hussars, Cossacks, and adjutants, in his camlet coat, as he jolted on his horse with a convoy officer's saddle.
His blue camlet cloak was a local antiquity, like the church-spire.
 
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