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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Camlet(t, Camblet(t, n. Also: cammeloit, camelet, camlit; camblatt; camp(b)let, campblit. [Variant of Chamlet, also in Eng. from 16th c.] A dress fabric of eastern origin; camlet. Also attrib.(a) 1494 Treas. Acc. I. 230.
A stik of cammeloit 1510 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 92 b.]
[Vno lie styk cameleti viridis 1516 Acta Conc. MS. XXVIII. 34.
Ane patlat of camelet doye 1620 Edinb. Test. L. 272 b.
Fourescoir elnis of walterit camlit at xx iiij s. the elne 1623 Fraser P. 236.
Ane mat of reid camlett 1627 Edinb. Test. LIV. 49.
lxij ellis blake Lyellis camlet at xxx s the elne Ib.
xliiij ellis of camlet hair 1631 Ib. LV. 136 b.
Twelf elles of camlit mealȝie(b) 1616 Thanes of Cawdor 240.
Filamorn camblatt to be hir sleivis 1616 Edinb. Test. XLIX. 162 b.
Four pece camblet at xiiij lib. the pece 1618 Ib. L. 163 b.
Thrie steikis cullorit camblet 1630 Bamff Chart. 223.
Thrie stand of curtains, ane of grein camblet, … the thrid of Spanish work 1647 Elgin Rec. I. 182.
Ane new doublet of black silk camblett cutt out on blew Spanishe tafitie 1658 Brechin Test. VI. 160.
Ane camblett gowne with ane scarlit peatticotte(c) 1621 Edinb. Test. LI. 140.
xxxv elnes fyne campblet at xl s. the elne 1624 Ib. LII. 236.
xxxvj ellis of camplet 1576-1709 Brechin Test. VI. 163.
Ane piece of blake campblit