camlet (kamlet)

[Early mod. E. also cam blet, chamlet, camelot, Hind. makhmal, velvet), The Cadilescher is clothed in Chamlet , Satten, Silke, Damaske, or Veluet of seemely colour. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 314. After dinner I put on my new camelott suit, the best that I ever wore in my life, the suit costing me above £24. Pepys , Diary, June 1, 1664. 2. A very durable plain cloth used for cloaks and the like; a water-proof material in common use before the introduction of india-rubber. All the kinds of camlet are in a certain sense imitations of Oriental camel's-hair cloth; they are made of hair, especially that of goats, with wool or silk, and present a veined or wavy appearance. (kam'let), v. t.; pp. camleted,