Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rich embroidered or brocaded silk fabric woven originally with a warp of gold thread, and properly called
cloth of baudekin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
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Examples
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The spirit of the Orient showed itself in the songs of the troubadours, and the _baudekin_, [428] the canopy of Bagdad, [429] became common in the churches of Italy.
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902
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On the dais was a throne of carven ivory, and above it a canopy of baudekin of the goodliest fashion, and there was a foot-carpet before it, wrought with beasts and the hunting of the deer.
The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865
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The baudekin stripes (blue and gold) of her tunic attested her royalty.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 02 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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As Warwick passed the door that led from the garden, he brushed by a young man, the baudekin stripes of whose vest announced his relationship to the king, and who, though far less majestic than
The Last of the Barons — Volume 02 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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He knew by her ducal diadem, by the baudekin colours of her robe, by her unmistakable air of pride, his daughter Isabel.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The baudekin stripes (blue and gold) of her tunic attested her royalty.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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He knew by her ducal diadem, by the baudekin colours of her robe, by her unmistakable air of pride, his daughter Isabel.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 09 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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As Warwick passed the door that led from the garden, he brushed by a young man, the baudekin stripes of whose vest announced his relationship to the king, and who, though far less majestic than Edward, possessed sufficient of family likeness to pass for a very handsome and comely person; but his countenance wanted the open and fearless expression which gave that of the king so masculine and heroic a character.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"May I perish," said the duchess, "ere Warwick's daughter wears the baudekin of royalty, and sits in as high a state as the queen's mother!
The Last of the Barons — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"May I perish," said the duchess, "ere Warwick's daughter wears the baudekin of royalty, and sits in as high a state as the queen's mother!
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
qms commented on the word baudekin
The royals are some of our oddest kin.
Whether their shape is broad or thin
They expect to be dressed
In none but the best,
In ermine and acres of beaudekin.
August 1, 2014
ruzuzu commented on the word baudekin
The emperor's shiny new clothes
Betray what each fashion plate knows.
Stilettos won't distract
From your lack of tact
When a "bare bodkin" unravels the show.
August 1, 2014