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Samite  
DEFINITION
  • n. A historial term from the Middle English "samit" "samet" "samyt" "samyte" among others. It refers to a rich silk fabric, worn in the Middle Ages. It was, sometimes, interwoven with gold thread.
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ENTRY TERMS
  • weft-faced compund twill
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980; Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Samit

French

Jamete

Italian

Jamete

Spanish

samito
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