We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By clicking 'continue' or by continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings in your browser at any time.

Continue
Find out more
camelot (s.xiiiex)
Cite this entry

camelot (s.xiiiex)

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

s.

textilecamlet, sort of costly fabric made of wool mixed with silk and (supposedly) camel's hair: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  fibricium: (C) camelot  TLL ii 49.89
( MS: s.xiiiex ) Pannarii [...] vendunt pannos albos et nigros, camelinos (gloss: (C) de camelot) (var. (L: s.xiii) de camelin ) [...]  TLL i 199.41 and ii 133.41
( 1397 )  un lit vert [...] ové un blu pale de chamelet embroudez  Gloucester Inventory 290
( 1423 )  .j. cope de chamelet rouge d’or  Rot Parl1 iv 229
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
camelot