Definition of Bawdkin

1. a silk brocade [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bawdkin

bawan
bawbee
bawbees
bawble
bawbles
bawbling
bawcock
bawcocks
bawdier
bawdies
bawdiest
bawdily
bawdiness
bawdinesses
bawdkin (current term)
bawdkins
bawdric
bawdrick
bawdrics
bawdries
bawds
bawdy-house bottle
bawdy house
bawdyhouses
bawhorse

Literary usage of Bawdkin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1856)
"Item two vestments of bawdkin . . . . . .2. ... of redd bawdkin for the lowere parte of the fayre 1. alt' w' n fronte 1. ..."

2. The Fabric Rolls of York Minster by York Minster, James Raine (1862)
"Fi ve copes of red bawdkin with grene flowers. ... Two copes of blew bawdkin. GRENE COPES. Foure copes for double feasts for Standers. ..."

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