sendal
Americannoun
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a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
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a piece of this fabric or a garment made of it.
noun
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a fine silk fabric used, esp in the Middle Ages, for ceremonial clothing, etc
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a garment of such fabric
Etymology
Origin of sendal
1175–1225; Middle English cendal < Old French, probably through dissimilation < Greek sindṓn fine linen, sindon
Example Sentences
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In the evening they stumbled on a pavilion of red sendal, with nobody inside.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
They wore crowns brighter than shining gold, and their clothing was of green sendal.
From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Matilda of Magdeburg
At his heels was a little white-haired ecclesiastic in a flowing gown of scarlet sendal, expostulating and arguing in a torrent of words.
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Curse on thy Spanish steel-coat!" said Locksley, "had English smith forged it, these arrows had gone through, an as if it had been silk or sendal."
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Distaff of light is in her hand, From which she spins the lily, and The sendal robes of field and forest, With dewy odors in every strand.
From Song-waves by Theodore H. (Theodore Harding) Rand
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