CAMBLET, or CAMLET, a plain stuff composed of a warp and a woof, which is manufactured on a loom with two treddles, as linens and flannels are.
There are camblets of several sorts: some of goat's hair, both in the warp and woof; others in which the warp is of hair, and the woof half hair and half silk; others again in which both the warp and the woof are of wool; and, lastly, some in which the warp is of wool, and the woof of thread. Some are dyed in thread, others in the piece, others are marked and mixed; some are striped, some waved or watered, and some figured.
Camblets are proper for several uses, according to their different kinds or qualities: some serve to make garments both for men and women; some for bed-curtains; others for household furniture, &c.