samite

sam·ite

 (săm′īt′, sā′mīt′)

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.]

samite

(ˈsæmaɪt; ˈseɪ-)

n

(Textiles) a heavy fabric of silk, often woven with gold or silver threads, used in the Middle Ages for clothing

[C13: from Old French samit, from Medieval Latin examitum, from Greek hexamiton, from hexamitos having six threads, from hex six + mitos a thread]

sam•ite

(ˈsæm aɪt, ˈseɪ maɪt)

n.

a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.

[1300–50; < Old French < Medieval Latin examitium, samitium < Greek hexámiton, neuter of hexámitos having six threads]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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"