camlet
/ˈkæm.lɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Made of camlet.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace."
- "This morning came home my fine Camlett cloak, with gold buttons, and a silk suit, which cost me much money, and I pray God to make me able to pay for it."
- "With this announcement he hurried away to the outer door of the Blue Dragon, and almost immediately returned with a companion shorter than himself, who was wrapped in an old blue camlet cloak with a lining of faded scarlet."
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Inflected Forms
camlets (plural)
camlett (alternative)
chamblet (alternative)
chamblot (alternative)
chamlot (alternative)
chamelot (alternative)
chamlet (alternative)
chamlett (alternative)
camlot (alternative)
camlott (alternative)
more camlet (comparative)
most camlet (superlative)