| 释义 |
camleteen, -ine, a.|kæmlɪˈtiːn|
Also 8 camlettee, camletine, 9 cambleteen.
[f. camlet; cf. F. camelotine.]
An imitation camlet; a ‘camlet’ of inferior kind.
1730–6Bailey, Camlettee, Camleteen, a Sort of fine worsted camlets or camelots. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Camletine, in commerce, denotes a slight, narrow kind of camblet, little valued..also..stuff made of hair mixed with wool, in imitation of a camblet. 1861S. Judd Margaret ii. xi. (1871) 309 Dress of cambleteen. |