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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1494-1516, 1576-1700+
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Camlet(t, Camblet(t, n. Also: cammeloit, camelet, camlit; camblatt; camp(b)let, campblit; gamblet. [Variant of Chamlet, also in Eng. from 16th c.] A dress fabric of eastern origin; camlet. Also attrib.(a) 1494 Treasurer's Accounts I. 230.
A stik of cammeloit 1510 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 92 b.]
[Vno lie styk cameleti viridis 1516 Acts Lords of Council MS. XXVIII. 34.
Ane patlat of camelet doye 1620 Edinburgh Testaments L. 272 b.
Fourescoir elnis of walterit camlit at xx iiij s. the elne 1623 Fraser P. 236.
Ane mat of reid camlett 1627 Edinburgh Testaments LIV. 49.
lxij ellis blake Lyellis camlet at xxx s the elne 1627 Ib.
xliiij ellis of camlet hair 1631 Ib. LV. 136 b.
Twelf elles of camlit mealȝie(b) 1616 Thanes of Cawdor 240.
Filamorn camblatt to be hir sleivis 1616 Edinburgh Testaments XLIX. 162 b.
Four pece camblet at xiiij lib. the pece 1618 Ib. L. 163 b.
Thrie steikis cullorit camblet 1630 Bamff Chart. 223.
Thrie stand of curtains, ane of grein camblet, … the thrid of Spanish work 1647 Elgin Rec. I. 182.
Ane new doublet of black silk camblett cutt out on blew Spanishe tafitie1658 Brechin Testaments VI. 160.
Ane camblett gowne with ane scarlit peatticotte(c) 1621 Edinburgh Testaments LI. 140.
xxxv elnes fyne campblet at xl s. the elne 1624 Ib. LII. 236.
xxxvj ellis of camplet1576-1709 Brechin Testaments VI. 163.
Ane piece of blake campblit(d)1610 Hist. Kinloss A. p. xi.
Ane long couschyn of rid gold gamblet 1610 Ib.
1 folden chair of grene figouret silver gamblet
