chekelatoun

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chekelatoun - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chekelatoun \Chek`e*la*toun"\, n.
     See Ciclatoun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  Ciclatoun \Cic"la*toun`\, n. [Of. ciclaton.]
     A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle
     Ages. [Obs.] [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.]
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           His robe was of ciclatoun,
           That coste many a Jane.                  --Chaucer.
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