cendal

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cendal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sendal \Sen"dal\, n. [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It.
     zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr. ??? a fine Indian cloth.]
     A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also cendal, and
     sendal.] --Chaucer.
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           Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with
           silver? --Sir W. Scott.
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