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‖ cumbly, cumly|ˈkʌmlɪ|
Forms: 7 combly, camlee, 8 comley, kummul, cumly, 9 camly, cumbly, kumlee.
[Hind. kamlī:—Skr. kambala.]
A blanket, a coarse woollen cloth.
1673Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 54 (Y.) The Natives..wrapping themselves in a Combly or Hair-Cloth. 1696J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 455 (Y.) Camlees, which are a sort of Hair Coat made in Persia. 1781Prison Expenses of Hon. J. Lindsay in Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. (Y.) One comley as a covering. 1798G. Forster Trav. I. 194 (Y.) A large black Kummul, or blanket. 1842J. Bischoff Woollen Manuf. II. 319 The common sheep of the plains of India, with a coarse fleece..from which the kumlees or coarse blankets are manufactured. 1885Macm. Mag. Nov. 77/2 Rough country blankets, or cumblies, striped in black and white. |