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PREFERRED TERM
Silk camlet  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Middle English "chamlyt" "chamelet", and the French "chamelet" "camelot". It refers to a textile or fabric with floss warp and weft in tabby weave.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015; Wilson, Janet. Classic and Modern Fabrics: The Complete Illustrated Sourcebook. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2010.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Camelot de soie (tissu)

French

Cammellotto di seta

Italian

Camelote de seda

Spanish

camelotina
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/122
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