† chaiselcheisiln.
Obsolete.
1. A fine linen (sometimes identified with byss n.1 or byssus n.). Often used attributively.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > fine
chaiselc1275
sendala1300
Raines1340
lakec1386
Irish1397
chaunselc1400
cloth of Rainesa1449
sindonc1450
sindonyc1450
umple1457
cambric1530
slyre1621
cuttanee1622
kenting1657
gulix1696
cambresine1750
Moygashel1931
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11858 Warp he an his rugge..ænne cheisil scurte [c1300 Otho ane cheiselne seorte] & ænne pallene curtel.
c1275 Passion 509 in Old Eng. Misc. 51 Ioseph nom vre Louerd a-dun of þe rode And wond him on o cheysil cloþ.
c1300 K. Alis. 279 Theo lady lyght on hire bedde..Yn a chaisel smok scheo lay.
c1300–20 Joachim & Anne in Legendae Catholicae (1840) 152 Of flex, of silk, of cheisel, Of porpre & of palle.
2. Applied to various things made of this fabric, as a chemise, smock, shirt, veil, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > linen > article of
chaiselc1320
lawn?a1505
linen1566
c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1814 Sche hadde on a pilche of pris, And a chaisel theron, I wis.
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