khilatn.
/ˈkɪlət/, U.S. /ˈkɪlət/, /kəˈlæt/, Indian English /ˈkhɪləθ/ East India.
A dress of honour presented by a king or other dignitary as a mark of distinction to the person receiving it; hence, any handsome present made by an acknowledged superior.
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society > society and the community > social class > symbol of rank > [noun] > garment given as mark of distinction
khilat1684
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > other
dress1539
khilat1684
sweaters1828
tropicals1880
trade dress1887
sportswear1903
rat-catcher1910
rainwear1913
beach-wear1928
transitioner1941
camouflage1945
warm-up1949
buoyancy garment1962
athleisure1976
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > other
stolec950
paramentc1385
stolea1387
vestmentc1386
chimer1487
shemewe1517
parliament1537
Turkey gown1558
slop1570
blue gown1578
dolman1585
palliament1593
synthesis1606
vest1613
paramentoa1640
brandenburgh1676
khilat1684
spagnoleta1685
sultanea1685
sultana1693
garter-robes1702
under-robe1725
wrapper1725
stola1728
talar1738
negligée1755
jama1776
dust-gown1802
yukata1822
manga1824
gandoura1851
pheran1851
riga1851
shamma1862
choga1869
kanzu1870
kimono1886
holoku1893
mammy-cloth1952
1684 J. Phillips tr. J. B. Tavernier Trav. I. iii. v. 108 The Garment of Honour, or the Calaat, the Bonnet, and Girdle.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 87 He had a Collat or Seerpaw, a Robe of Honour from Head to Foot, offered him from the Great Mogul.
c1774 G. Bogle in C. R. Markham Narr. Mission G. Bogle to Tibet (1876) iii. 25 A flowered satin gown was brought me. I was dressed in it as a khilat.
1803 N. B. Edmonstone in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 325 He is admitted to the privilege of investing the Peishwa with a khelaut.
1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 444 The king..maintains the royal privilege of conferring khillauts.
1876 J. Grant Hist. India I. xxxvii. 191/1 No peishwa could be appointed without first receiving the khelat.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Killut, Killaut.
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