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
A black steed warmed A fierce impatience 'neath him cased in mail, Huge, foreign; and accoutered head to tail In costly sendal; rearward wine-dark red, Amber as sunlight to his fretful head.
From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius
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
And afore him he saw a long bridge, and three pavilions stood thereon, of silk and sendal of divers hue.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
Thy smock of silk, both fair and white, With gold embroidered gorgeously; Thy petticoat of sendal right: And these I bought thee gladly.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
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