camelot (s.xiiiex)
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camelot (s.xiiiex)

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[ FEW: 19,64a hamlat; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,34a chamelot; TL: 2,194 chamelot; DEAF:  chamelot; DMF:  camelot; TLF:  camelot 1; OED:  camlet n.; MED:  chamelet n.; DMLBS: 248c camelotus ]
chamelet  

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1textilecamlet, sort of costly fabric made of wool mixed with silk and (supposedly) camel's hair: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  fibricium: (C) camelot  ii 49.89
( MS: s.xiiiex ) Pannarii [...] vendunt pannos albos et nigros, camelinos gloss: (C) de camelot (var. (L: s.xiii) de camelin ) [...]  i 199.41 and ii 133.41
( 1397 )  un lit vert [...] ové un blu pale de chamelet embroudez  290
( 1423 )  .j. cope de chamelet rouge d’or  iv 229
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