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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

bawdekin

rich silk stuff, OF.

baudequin

. See

The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery; – made originally at

Baghdad

[Spelt also

baudkin

baudkyn

bawdekin

, and

baldakin

Nares.

baudekin ‎(plural baudekins)