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sendal

sendal noun: a light silk cloth.

Noun

sendal (countable and uncountable, plural sendals)

  1. (historical) A light silk cloth.
    • In sangwyn and in pers he clad was al,
      Lyned with taffata and with sendal.a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, lines 435-437
    • And how in sendal wrapt away he bore / That head with him hung at his saddle-bow.1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book VIII, lv

Forms of sendal

pluralsendals
alternative formsandal
alternative formsendle

Origin of sendal

From Old French cendal.

Words formed from sendal

Questions about sendal

What does sendal mean?
Sendal means a light silk cloth.
What part of speech is sendal?
Sendal is a noun.
What is the plural of sendal?
The plural of sendal is sendals.

Words near sendal in the dictionary

  1. sendable
  2. Sendai
  3. Sendai River
  4. Sendai virus
  5. Sendakian
  6. sendal
  7. sendaline
  8. sendalines
  9. sendals
  10. sende
  11. sended

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