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Camlet  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Middle English "chamlyt" "chamelet", and the French "chamelet" "camelot". The term was applied to a fabric of Asian origin, from the original name from Arabic, referring to the pile or nap. Firstly, it was suposed to be made from camel hair and silk, but from the 16th and 17th centuries is made with angora goat's wool and silk.
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ENTRY TERMS
  • camblet
  • camelot
  • camlett
  • chamblette
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 (tissu)

French

Cammellotto

Italian

cambellotto
zambellotto
camellotto
ciamellotto
scammellotto
ciambellotto
Camelote

Spanish

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