camlet

cam·let (k

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.]

camlet [ˈkæmlɪt]

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a tough waterproof cloth

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a garment or garments made from such cloth

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a soft woollen fabric used in medieval Asia

[from Old French camelot, perhaps from Arabic hamlat plush fabric]

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Noun	1.	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	camlet - a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the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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Barracan Camblet Camleted Chamlet cloth fabric garment material textile Thibet cloth	The evening being warm, I had undressed me and put on a thin camlet surtout over my waistcoat. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context 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. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context His blue camlet cloak was a local antiquity, like the church-spire. Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context	camerawoman camerawork camerlengo Camerlingo Cameron Cameronian Cameroon Cameroon franc Cameroonian Cameroons Cameroun Camestres cami camiknickers Camilla Camillo Golgi camion Camis Camisade camisado Camisard Camisated camise camisole Camlan camlet Camleted Cammas cammie Cammock camo Camoëns Camões camogie camomile camomile tea Camonflet camoodi Camorra camosh camote camouflage camouflage detection photography camouflaged camouflet Camous Camoused Camously Camp camp bed Camp bedstead	camisado camisadoes Camisard Camisard Camisards Camisards Camisated camise CAMISHA camisole camisole camisole camisole restraint camisoles camisoles camisoles CAMITS CAMJ Camk CAMKG CaMKII Caml Caml Caml Light CAML1 CAMLA CAMLAC Camlan CAMLC CaMLCK camlet Camleted CAMLS CAMLT CAMLTC CAMM Camma Cammac Cammaerts, Émile Cammas CAMMC CAMME Cammerer rotation fork Cammett table CAMMHS CAMMICE cammie Cammie G Henry Research Center cammies CAMMIS CAMMMO Cammock Cammomile Cammomile Cammomile CAMMP CAMMPR

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Barracan
Camblet
Camleted
Chamlet
cloth
fabric
garment
material
textile
Thibet cloth

The evening being warm, I had undressed me and put on a thin camlet surtout over my waistcoat.

Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

His blue camlet cloak was a local antiquity, like the church-spire.

Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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