SAMITE


Meaning of SAMITE in English

/sam"uyt, say"muyt/ , n.

a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.

[ 1300-50; ME samit examitium, samitium hexámiton, neut. of hexámitos having six threads. See HEXA-, MITOSIS ]

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