a. Also 8 camlettee, camletine, 9 cambleteen. [f. CAMLET; cf. F. camelotine.] An imitation camlet; a ‘camlet’ of inferior kind.
1730–6. Bailey, Camlettee, Camleteen, a Sort of fine worsted camlets or camelots.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Camletine, in commerce, denotes a slight, narrow kind of camblet, little valued … also … stuff made of hair mixed with wool, in imitation of a camblet.
1851. S. Judd, Margaret, II. xi. (1871), 309. She wore a black beaver hat and dress of cambleteen.
