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
The old man made the young knight unarm him, and he was in a coat of red sendal, and bare a mantle that was furred with ermine.
From King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls by Gilbert, Henry
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 Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)
Others think that sendal and the other forms are modifications of the ancient Sindon, and this is Mr. Marsh's view.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
The clothing of the horse p. 121from the front opening upwards was of bright red sendal, and from thence opening downwards was of bright yellow sendal.
From The Mabinogion Vol. 1 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir
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