baldakin

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baldakin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Baudekin \Bau"de*kin\, n. [OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF.
     baudequin. See Baldachin.]
     The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle
     Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery;
     -- made originally at Baghdad. [Spelt also baudkin,
     baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] --Nares.
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