camlet

2 definitions found

camlet - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote,
     chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum,
     camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The
     word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being
     used in making it. Cf. Calamanco]
     A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly
     of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes
     written camelot and camblet.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp
           and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double
           weft also, with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. )
           [1913 Webster]

camlet - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  camlet
      n 1: a garment made of camlet fabric
      2: a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's
         hair