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samite
[ sam-ahyt, sey-mahyt ]
noun
- a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
samite
/ ˈsæmaɪt; ˈseɪ- /
noun
- a heavy fabric of silk, often woven with gold or silver threads, used in the Middle Ages for clothing
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of samite1
C13: from Old French samit, from Medieval Latin examitum, from Greek hexamiton, from hexamitos having six threads, from hex six + mitos a thread
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Example Sentences
And all the gear and furniture of this horse was of silver and of white samite embellished with silver.
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With that, he unfastened the samite over-cloak he wore, and took from his neck a string of priceless pearls.
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And on the strand he found a ship covered all with white samite, and he alighted, and betook him to Jesu Christ.
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Such stuff, when of great thickness and value—so thick that six threads of silk or hemp were in the warf—was called ‘samite.’
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For she was clothed in scarlet samite, laced full seemly, and about her neck hung a mantle of ermine, never did queen wear better.
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