Checklaton

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Checklaton \Check"la*ton\, n.
     1. Ciclatoun. [Obs.]
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     2. Gilded leather. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ciclatoun \Cic"la*toun`\, n. [Of. ciclaton.]
     A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle
     Ages. [Obs.] [Written also {checklaton}, {chekelatoun}.]
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           His robe was of ciclatoun,
           That coste many a Jane.                  --Chaucer.
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