Sendal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A thin light silk used in the Middle Ages for fine garments, church vestments, and banners.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A light silk cloth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A light thin stuff of silk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A silken material used in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries for rich dresses, flags, pennons, etc.; also, a piece of this material.
  • Word Usage
    "By night, and almost naked, covered with only a sendal and hood, the faithful males of Tzintzuntzan practice an unusual form of penitence, which consists of walking through the town, their faces covered, the ankles shackled with the same shackles which the town fathers have jealously guarded for the past 500 years, since the era of slavery under the Spanish Conquest."
    Variant
    cendal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unspun    tussore    shantung    dove-coloured    untwisted