samite — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   [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: [...]

   And in the center of that lake there hath for some time been seen the appearance as of a women's arm--exceedingly beautiful and clad in white samite, and the hand of this arm holdeth a sword of such exceeding excellence and beauty that no eye hath ever beheld like.

Noun

1. a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages

   Broader terms

   fabricclothmaterialtextile