Căm'e'lot1, n.
(kăm'lot), n. 1. The cloth usually called camlet. See CAMLET.
Sense 2. (pron. kăm'e-lŏt.) A town where King Arthur is supposed to have held his court. “Many towered Camelot.” Tennyson.
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Camelot
Cām'let2, n.
n. [Sometimes written camelot; Fr. camelot, Sp. camelote, chamelote, It. camelotto, ciambellotto, O. It. camelotto, from Lat. camelus, Eng. camel; Gr. καμηλωτή (sc. δορά), a camel's skin, or garment of camel's skin. See CAMEL.] A stuff originally made of camel's hair, now frequently of hair and silk, or of wool and thread. “Whether your Brussels camel will resist Irish rain.” Temple.