词条 | Camlet |
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In the 18th century, England, France, Holland, and Flanders were the chief places of its manufacture; Brussels exceeded them all in the beauty and quality of its camlets, followed by England.[3] A variety of terms have been used for camlet in different forms:
Manufacturers of camlets had to take care not to introduce any unnecessary pleats in the fabric, as they were almost impossible to undo. This difficulty was so notorious, that a proverb existed, stating that someone "is like a camlet—he has taken his pleat."[3] EtymologyThe origin of the term is uncertain. While certain authors reference camlets as originally being made of camel hair, others believe it is from the Arabic seil el kemel, the Angora goat.[2] According to Chambers's Encyclopaedia, it comes from Arabic chamal, meaning fine.[4] Ménage derived the word from zambelot, a Levantine term for stuffs made with the fine hair of a Turkish goat, probably the Angora goat, from which comes the term Turkish camelot. Bochart claimed zambelot was a corruption from Arabic. Others called it capellote, from capelle, she-goat. Still others have sourced camelot from the bare Latin camelus, so that camelot should properly signify a fabric made of camel hair.[3]See also
References1. ^Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. 1913. {{fabric}}2. ^1 "Camlet". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd edition. 1989. 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{1728}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Chambers's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge, Volume 1|publisher=J.B. Lippincott & Co|date=1888|page=263}} 1 : Woven fabrics |
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