Definitions for camlet

camlet cam·let

Spelling: [kam-lit]
IPA: /ˈkæm lɪt/

Camlet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in camlet (acelmt).

Definitions for camlet

noun

  1. a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
  2. apparel made of this material.
  3. a rich fabric of medieval Asia believed to have been made of camel's hair or angora wool.

verb (used with object)

  1. to decorate (fabric, book edges, etc.) with a colorful, marbled design.

Origin of camlet

1350-1400; Middle English camelet Middle French, perhaps Arabic khamlah kind of plush fabric, akin to khaml nap, pile

Examples for camlet

The camlet cloak still shrouded the body, and its gaping but bloodless wounds.

They are clothed in velvet and camlet, furred with ermine, and we are vestured with poor cloth.

Once at the top of the long hill which led up from camlet station, he felt his spirits mounting.

The guard paid no attention, but continued methodically to hand out, one by one, the packages labelled to camlet.

Mr. camlet, you have been so kind to me always, do not dissuade me.

Cam′eleer, one who drives or rides a camel; Cam′eline, camlet.

I detain you a moment at the words "scarlet of Cyprus, or camlet."

camlet, kam′let, n. a cloth originally made of camel's hair, but now chiefly of wool and goat's hair.

Perhaps not in the camlet hood, which Dame Wheatfield says she wore.

Upon this the Custos was laid, with a horse-blanket spread beneath, and his camlet cloak thrown over him.

Word Value for camlet
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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