camlet

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.

   “She wore a sort of jacket of bright red camlet, richly braided with gold and silver lace; a fringe of which also hung from her gray petticoat, which was short enough to show her feet and ankles, whose small size was rendered more remarkable by the peculiar-shaped boot.”

   “She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace.”

adj

1. Made of camlet.

   “This morning came home my fine Camlett cloak, with gold buttons, and a silk suit, which cost me much money, and I pray God to make me able to pay for it.”

   “With this announcement he hurried away to the outer door of the Blue Dragon, and almost immediately returned with a companion shorter than himself, who was wrapped in an old blue camlet cloak with a lining of faded scarlet.”