samite

sam·ite  (smt, smt)

n.

A heavy silk fabric, often interwoven with gold or silver, worn in the Middle Ages.

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[Middle English samit, from Old French, from Medieval Latin examitum, from Medieval Greek hexamiton, from Greek, neuter of hexamitos, of six threads : hexa-, hexa- + mitos, warp thread.]

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Noun

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samite - a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages 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"