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camlets

camlets is the plural of camlet.

Meaning of camlet

Noun

camlet (countable and uncountable, plural camlets)

  1. A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
    • She wore a sort of jacket of bright red camlet, richly braided with gold and silver lace; a fringe of which also hung from her gray petticoat, which was short enough to show her feet and ankles, whose small size was rendered more remarkable by the peculiar-shaped boot.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 216–217

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Questions about camlets

What is camlets the plural of?
Camlets is the plural of camlet.

Words near camlets in the dictionary

  1. camisoling
  2. camite
  3. CAML
  4. camlet
  5. camleted
  6. camlets
  7. camlett
  8. camletts
  9. Camm
  10. Cammack
  11. Cammacks

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