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camlett

camlett is the obsolete form 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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Forms of camlett

pluralcamletts

Questions about camlett

What is camlett the obsolete form of?
Camlett is the obsolete form of camlet.

Words near camlett in the dictionary

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

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