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
He showed him the shops of the china ware, And of silk and sendal also,And he showed him the baths and the waterpipes On arches aloft that go.
From Andromeda and Other Poems by Charles Kingsley
It was Nilaus Benditson, He rode the bride to meet; There hung silk sheen and sendal green Before his courser’s feet.
From The Dalby Bear and Other Ballads by Thomas James Wise
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 Sir Owen Morgan Edwards
Night at length came upon him, and now he found himself in a valley where he saw a pavilion of red sendal.
From Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur by Charles Morris
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