English Dictionary: baudkin | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Baudekin \Bau"de*kin\, n. [OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See {Baldachin}.] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also {baudkin}, {baudkyn}, {bawdekin}, and {baldakin}.] --Nares. |