Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rich cloth of Asian origin, supposed originally to have been made of camel's hair and silk and later made of goat's hair and silk or other combinations.
- noun A garment made from this cloth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- pret. and pp. camleted, camletted, ppr. camleting, camletting. [⟨ camlet, n.] To cause to resemble wavy or watered camlet.
- noun A rich stuff used for dress as early as the thirteenth century.
- noun A very durable plain cloth used for cloaks and the like; a water-proof material in common use before the introduction of india-rubber.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A fine
fabric made fromwool (originallycamel , but latergoat ) andsilk . - noun A garment made from such a fabric.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a garment made of camlet fabric
- noun a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Egmont was more lenient to the foul practices which prevailed there, and took almost a childish pleasure in dining at the table of the Duchess, dressed, as were many of the younger nobles, in short camlet doublet with the wheat-sheaf buttons.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Egmont was more lenient to the foul practices which prevailed there, and took almost a childish pleasure in dining at the table of the Duchess, dressed, as were many of the younger nobles, in short camlet doublet with the wheat-sheaf buttons.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 09: 1564-65 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Egmont was more lenient to the foul practices which prevailed there, and took almost a childish pleasure in dining at the table of the Duchess, dressed, as were many of the younger nobles, in short camlet doublet with the wheat-sheaf buttons.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Egmont was more lenient to the foul practices which prevailed there, and took almost a childish pleasure in dining at the table of the Duchess, dressed, as were many of the younger nobles, in short camlet doublet with the wheat-sheaf buttons.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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It was called "camlet," because made originally of camel's hair.
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He wore a kind of paletôt of light camlet cloth, with voluminous lapels and deep cuffs of lavender watered silk; very baggy trousers, with lavender stripes down the seams; very shiny boots and quite as glossy a hat; his attire being completed by tightly-fitting gloves, of the hue known in Paris as beurre frais — that is to say, light yellow.
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Deborah wrote of the episode to a friend, including in her letter descriptions of the clothing she wore, including a scarlet cloak made of camlet, a fabric of Asian origin, originally made of silk and camel's hair.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2009
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I mounted putting on my camlet cloak for the air was yet a little cool.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2009
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Arthur, thus thrown into the shade, felt as Mr. Pepys afterwards did when he tore his camlet cloak — the damage was not great, but it troubled him.
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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A skirt, or upper-petticoat of camlet, like those worn by country ladies of moderate rank when on horseback, with such a riding-mask as they frequently use on journeys to preserve their eyes and complexion from the sun and dust, and sometimes, it is suspected, to enable then to play off a little coquetry.
Redgauntlet 2008
bilby commented on the word camlet
Where's my camel when I need it?
September 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word camlet
"... and my only alternatives were the filthy muslin or a clean but threadbare camlet gown that had traveled with me from Georgia."
—Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn (NY: Dell, 1997), 174
January 19, 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word camlet
"As the family drew nearer that point which offered our best vantage, I saw that Muntle had identified the brother correctly; there was Harry and there was his wife Matilda, each drest in cast-off and multiply-mended clothing, the husband in an old worn and faded blue camlet coat that did not befit the warm season, dragging a large gunnysack, which, no doubt, contained most of his family's paltry possessions."
Under the Harrow by Mark Dunn, p 250
September 4, 2011
qms commented on the word camlet
There once was a prince, name of Hamlet,
A madman (or did he just sham it?),
Who wore silken pants
For his epic rants
But talked to the dead wearing camlet.
October 18, 2018