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ciclatoun

ciclatoun noun: a costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.

Noun

ciclatoun (countable and uncountable, plural ciclatouns)

  1. A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.
    • There were but two complete suits—the best, of green and blue ciclatouns, with orphreys of ray velvet; another of blue ciclatouns and plunket.1904, Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, page 241
    • The mantle was of ciclatoun lined with ermine and edged with sable.1932, Max von Boehn, Modes and Manners, volume I (From the Decline of the Ancient World to the Renaissance), New York, N.Y.: Benjamin Blom, Inc., published 1971, page 209

Forms of ciclatoun

pluralciclatouns
alternative formchecklaton
alternative formsiclatoun

Origin of ciclatoun

From Middle English ciclatoun, from Old French siglaton, (chiefly) Anglo-French cyclaton and Anglo-Latin cyclaton, from Arabic سِقِلّاطُون (siqillāṭūn).

Questions about ciclatoun

What does ciclatoun mean?
Ciclatoun means a costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.
What part of speech is ciclatoun?
Ciclatoun is a noun.
What is the plural of ciclatoun?
The plural of ciclatoun is ciclatouns.

Words near ciclatoun in the dictionary

  1. cicisbeism
  2. cicisbeo
  3. cicisbeos
  4. ciclacillin
  5. ciclafrine
  6. ciclatoun
  7. ciclatouns
  8. ciclazindol
  9. ciclesonide
  10. cicletanine
  11. ciclindole

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