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Ciclatoun

Cic′la-tounˊ

,
Noun.
[Of.
ciclaton
.]
A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.
[Obs.]
[Written also
checklaton
,
chekelatoun
.]
His robe was of
ciclatoun
,
That coste many a Jane.
Chaucer.

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ciclatoun

ciclatoun

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Noun

ciclatoun (plural ciclatouns)

  1. (obsolete) A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.
    His robe was of ciclatoun, / That coste many a Jane. Chaucer.