Camlet

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

camlet
    n 1: a garment made of camlet fabric
    2: a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's
       hair

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote,
   chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum,
   camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The
   word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being
   used in making it. Cf. {Calamanco}]
   A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly
   of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes
   written {camelot} and {camblet}.]
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   Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp
         and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double
         weft also, with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. )
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