Middle English Dictionary Entry
camelīn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | camelīn n. Also camlin, chamelin. |
| Etymology | AF camelin & CF chamelin. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A fabric of wool mixed with silk or other fibers.
Associated quotations
- [ (1286) Wardrobe Acc.de Clare in Archaeol.7030 : Item, pro ij Camelin' de Tripl' emptis. ]
- (1341) Will York in Sur.Soc.43 : Lego Willielmo..robam meam de albo kamelyn.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7365 : Dame Abstinence-Streyned Tok on a robe of kamelyne [F cameline].
- ?a1425 LChart.Chr.A (RwlPoet 175)40/218 : Þe cloth was ryche & wele fyne; Þe chaumpe it was of red camelyne [vr. chamelyn].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4340 : Is þam na surcote of silke ne serkis of raynes, Ne kirtils of camlyn.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)569/48 : Camelinus: camelyn.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)82 : Þe clothe of camelyn ful clene, with cumly bordures.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Check Chaucer Review 17 (1982) to determine whether the etymon should be Latin.--per REL
Note: DMLBS camelinus n.--per MLL