cendal

[ sen-dl ]

/ ˈsɛn dl /

sendal.

Words nearby cendal

cen., cenacle, cenaeum, cenci, cenci, the, cendal, cenelec, cenesthesia, ceng, cenis, cenizo

sendal

[ sen-dl ]

/ ˈsɛn dl /

a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.

a piece of this fabric or a garment made of it.

1175–1225; Middle English cendal < Old French, probably through dissimilation < Greek sindṓn fine linen, sindon

Taffeta was a thin transparent textile, and was used, as well as cendal, during the Middle Ages for linings.

Chats on Costume |G. Woolliscroft Rhead
The body was preceded by a noble Moor, who bore upon his head a box of cendal wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl.

Heroines of the Crusades |C. A. Bloss
Cendal (Kendal) fins, the son of Norreys fins was buried June the twenty foorst, 1740.

Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood |J. Conway Walter
The squire who brought the sword returns, wraps it in a cendal, and carries it off.

Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail |Alfred Nutt

Cendal was a less costly fabric, and was also used largely in ecclesiastical vestments.

Chats on Costume |G. Woolliscroft Rhead

sendal

/ (ˈsɛndəl) /

a fine silk fabric used, esp in the Middle Ages, for ceremonial clothing, etc

a garment of such fabric

C13: from Old French cendal, from Medieval Latin cendalum; probably related to Greek sindon fine linen