camlet
camlet · camlets
A fine fabric made from wool and silkA fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
/ˈkæm.lɪt/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From Middle English chamelet, chamelot, chamlot via Old French chamelot, suffixed + -ot frFrom Middle English chamelet, chamelot, chamlot via Old French chamelot, suffixed + -ot from Arabic خَمْلَة (ḵamla, “velvet”).
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Forms
plural: camletsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedcamleted
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.