Definitions
A rich silk fabric, often woven with gold or silver thread.
Word origin
From Middle English samite, from Old French samit, from Medieval Latin samitum, examitum, from Byzantine Greek ἑξάμιτον (hexámiton), from ἕξ (héx, “six”) + μίτος (mítos, “thread”).
Used in a sentence
“[A] robe / Of samite without price, that more exprest / Than hid her, clung about her lissome limbs, / In colour like the satin-shining palm / On sallows in the windy gleams of March: [...]”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Rich medieval silk”6 letters
02“Rich silk cloth”6 letters
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