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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp camelote, chamelote It cambellbito ciambellotto LL camelotum camelinum fr Ar khamlat camlet, fr kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being used in making it Cf {Calamanco}] A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes written {camelot} and {camblet}.] Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. )
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