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Cameline ( ) was a fabric material used in the Middle Ages for cloth.〔Cole, pp. 54,55 ''Cameline (cam'-e-lin). A fabric used centuries ago as a material for dress. It is commonly said to have been made of camel's hair; but as it is repeatedly in old invoices mentioned as a cheap stuff, it is probable that it was an imitation of the genuine Eastern fabric. Some authorities think this fabric was identical with what we now call Cashmere.''〕 By tradition it is commonly thought to have been originally made of camel's hair in Asia.〔 It was imported from Cyprus and Syria into Europe.〔Nunn, p. 28〕 Cameline is described also as a cloak of the Arabs made of camel's hair which is oftentimes striped white and brown in color.〔Balfour, p. 558〕 Since history records it many times as a "common and cheap" textile it is thought that it was an imitation of the original Asian camel's hair fabric.〔 It was sometimes a lower quality French cloth imitation made of goat's hair.〔''English 18th century dances,'' Volume 3, p. 107〕 The fibers were spun into yarn and produced in Flanders and the Duchy of Brabant in many colors in medieval times. It is also described as a warm light woolen textile of camel's hair combined with wool or cotton. It is considered of lesser quality than that of camlet, which is also made of camel's hair.〔NAWM, p. 137〕 Cameline is described in textile dictionaries as a coarse medieval fabric. The cloth of camel's hair is sometimes used in combination with other fabrics and made into a twill weave pattern or a basket weave which is finished with a soft nap. It is said to have been used in woolen clothing articles similar to cashmere wool clothing. Some authorities even think ''cameline'' is the same as we call today cashmere.〔〔Harmuth, p. 30 ''Cameline: a coarse medieval fabric, made of camel hair in twill weave, similar to the cashmere.''〕〔(Cameline )〕 == Etymology == Middle English, from Old French ''camelin'', from ''camelus'', pertaining to a camel.〔Hunter, p. 27〕 From Old Italian of ''cammellino'', Middle Latin of ''camelinuw'', also ''camelinus'' – a textile made from camel's hair.〔Whitney, p. 776〕 ''Cambolism'' seems to be recorded in Old French and English as the same as cameline. It is described as a brown cloth supposedly made of camel's hair, similar to that of camlet.〔Barbosa, p. 63〕 Marco Polo records in his notes camlets made at Ninghaia with camel's hair in the 13th century. Chou Ch'il-fei in 1178 records of camel's hair satin camlets of many colors.〔Pelliot, p. 144〕 The name Camplin and Campling is defined as a wearer or maker of ''cameline.''〔Reaney, p. 82〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cameline」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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