samite

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Samite \Sa"mite\, a. [OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from LGr. ?, ? woven with six threads; Gr. ? six + ? a thread. See Six, and cf. Dimity.] A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

In silken samite she was light arrayed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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