samite.
Searchable Lemmata: samit (AF), hexamitum (L), hexamitus (L), samitus (L), samite (ME), samit (W), samit (OScots), samite (MdE).
Alternate Forms: samith, samitte, samitto, samet, samette, samed, sanite, sayntes, samer, samictus, samita, sametus, samitellus, samitrus, examitus, examiti, examitto, examito, exameto, examitam, examitum, hexamitus, exametus, xamittus, samiteus, samitricus.
1(n.) Textile; technically, a plain silk cloth, in weft-faced compound twill. Its name derives from Greek, meaning a (twill) weave based on a unit of 6 threads, and its appearance has the diagonal lines of a twill weave and a lustrous quality produced by the long weft floats. It was made in various weights, but was usually quite heavy, and was made in various colours. It was suitable as background for embroidery in gold thread. It was made in various silk-weaving centres in the eastern Mediterranean and Italy. As a high-status textile it was often named in Romances in various European countries [Mayo, J. (1984)]; also, a cloth or garment of this textile. Use of the term is discussed by Lisa Monnas, who notes that though samites were sometimes woven competely in silk, they could also be half-silks, with linen main warps. She suggests that the form 'Samitelli [cf. samitellus, etc.] may have indicated a slightly cheaper, plainer version of this silk' [Monnas, L. (1989), 284-5]. She further notes an apparent decline in royal purchases of 'samyts' and 'samitelli' during the fourteenth century: ‘Samyt was last purchased by the Great Wardrobe towards the end of Edward III’s reign, in 1370-71, when 3 pieces 7¾ ells were bought, the remnants of this cloth lingering on in the Great Wardrobe until the end of Richard II’s reign in 1377’ [Monnas, L. (1989) 289; with ref. to 'PRO E.361.5.9d’].(ante 1150 still in current use)
University of Manchester, Lexis of Cloth & Clothing Project, Search Result For: 'samite'Albanian: kadife; Arabic: مُخْمَل, قَطِيفَة; Egyptian Arabic: قطيفة; Armenian: թավիշ; Azerbaijani: məxmər; Belarusian: аксамі́т, ба́рхат; Bengali: মখমল; Breton: voulouz; Bulgarian: кадифе́; Burmese: ကတ္တီပါ; Catalan: vellut; Chinese Cantonese: 絲絨, 丝绒; Mandarin: 絲絨, 丝绒, 天鵝絨, 天鹅绒; Czech: samet; Danish: fløjl; Dutch: fluweel; Esperanto: veluro; Estonian: samet; Faroese: floyal, fleyald; Finnish: sametti; French: velours; Galician: veludo; Georgian: ხავერდი; German: Samt; Greek: βελούδο; Hebrew: קְטִיפָה; Hindi: मख़मल; Hungarian: bársony; Icelandic: flauel; Irish: veilbhit; Italian: velluto; Japanese: ベルベット, ビロード; Kazakh: барқыт, мақпал, қатипа; Khmer: កម្ញី; Korean: 벨벳, 우단; Kumyk: махмар; Kyrgyz: баркыт, макмал; Lao: ກຳມະຫຍີ່; Latvian: samts; Lithuanian: aksomas; Luxembourgish: Samett; Macedonian: сомот, кадифе; Malay: baldu, beledu; Maltese: bellus; Maori: wereweti; Mongolian: хилэн; Norman: v'lous; Norwegian: fløyel or; Pashto: بخمل, مخمل; Persian: مخمل; Plautdietsch: Zaunft; Polish: aksamit; Portuguese: veludo; Romanian: catifea; Russian: ба́рхат, вельве́т, аксами́т, велю́р; Scottish Gaelic: meileabhaid; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ба̀ршӯн; Roman: bàršūn; Slovak: zamat; Slovene: žamet; Spanish: terciopelo; Swahili: mahameli; Swedish: sammet; Tagalog: pelus; Tajik: бахмал, махмал; Tatar: бәрхет; Thai: กำมะหยี่; Tibetan: སྤུ་མ; Turkish: kadife; Turkmen: welwet; Ukrainian: оксами́т; Urdu: مخمل; Uyghur: مەخمەل, بەرقۇت, دۇخاۋا; Uzbek: baxmal, barxit, duxoba; Vietnamese: nhung; Volapük: veluv; Welsh: melfed; Yiddish: סאַמעט
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