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camlet

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkæm.lɪt

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolcamelote
Portuguêschamalote
Italianocammellotto
5 more languages
Češtinakamelot
Magyarkamelot
Polskikamlot
Slovenčinakamelot

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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