Definitions for calimanco

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calimanco cal·i·man·co

Spelling: [kal-uh-mang-koh]

IPA: /ˌkæl əˈmæŋ koʊ/

Calimanco is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 316 anagrams from letters in calimanco (aaccilmno).

Definitions for calimanco

noun

1. calamanco.
2. a glossy woolen fabric checkered or brocaded in the warp so that the pattern shows on one side only, much used in the 18th century.
3. a garment made from this fabric.

Origin of calimanco

First recorded in 1585-95; of obscure origin

Examples for calimanco

What should ail them, but a jacket and petticoat of good yard-wide stuff, or calimanco, might keep them decent and warm.

The tortoise-shell used to be called, in England, the calimanco.

Bathing gowns are made of blue or white flannel, stuff, calimanco, or blue linen.