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Definition of Baudekin
1. n. 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 Bagdad.
Definition of Baudekin
1. a brocaded fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baudekin
Literary usage of Baudekin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages: A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison (1908)
"baudekin, a good silk and golden weave, was very popular. ... baudekin was a very
costly textile of gold and silk which was used largely in altar coverings ..."
2. Palio and Ponte: An Account of the Sports of Central Italy from the Age of by William Heywood (1904)
"Thus the square canopy or "baudekin,"2 which was held over the heads of princes
and potentates to do them honour, was called a palio from its shape and from ..."
3. Gems of the Centennial Exhibition: Consisting of Illustrated Descriptions of by George Titus Ferris (1877)
"No stuff is oftener spoken of by the mediaeval writers than " baudekin," a rich
silk shot with gold or other colored silks, brought first from Bagdad, ..."
4. The Life of St. Cuthbert in English Verse, C. A. D. 1450 by Joseph Thomas Fowler (1891)
"He awakes very ill, tells the vision, begs the people's prayers, sends a baudekin,
... 6285 * A baudekin was a rich cloth woven of gold warp and silk woof. ..."
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