cendal

[sen-dl]

noun

sendal.

Nearby words

sendal

or cen·dal

[sen-dl]

noun

a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.

a piece of this fabric or a garment made of it.

Origin of sendal

1175–1225; Middle English cendal < Old French, probably through dissimilation < Greek sindṓn fine linen, sindon

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Examples from the Web for cendal

Taffeta was a thin transparent textile, and was used, as well as cendal, during the Middle Ages for linings.
Chats on Costume|G. Woolliscroft Rhead
The body was preceded by a noble Moor, who bore upon his head a box of cendal wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Heroines of the Crusades|C. A. Bloss
Cendal (Kendal) fins, the son of Norreys fins was buried June the twenty foorst, 1740.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood|J. Conway Walter
The squire who brought the sword returns, wraps it in a cendal, and carries it off.
Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail|Alfred Nutt

Cendal was a less costly fabric, and was also used largely in ecclesiastical vestments.
Chats on Costume|G. Woolliscroft Rhead

British Dictionary definitions for cendal

sendal

noun

a fine silk fabric used, esp in the Middle Ages, for ceremonial clothing, etc

a garment of such fabric

Word Origin for sendal

C13: from Old French cendal, from Medieval Latin cendalum; probably related to Greek sindon fine linen

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