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 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 if she must have some sendal of Inde, well,—fate is inevitable.
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Holt, Emily Sarah
Very sweet and dainty were these maidens, and richly clothed in garments of crimson sendal, closely girt and fashioned to their bodies.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
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 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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