baudekin

[ baw-dee-kin ]

noun

1. baldachin ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of baudekin¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Medieval Latin baldakinus baldachin

Example Sentences

Baudekin or Baldichin, a very costly textile of gold and silk largely used in altar coverings and hangings, came to very high perfection in this century also.

From Project Gutenberg

We hear also of “baudekin,” “nak,” and cloth of pall.

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Baudekin, a good silk and golden weave, was very popular.

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Baudekin was a very costly textile of gold and silk which was used largely in altar coverings and hangings, such as dossals; by degrees the name became synonymous with "baldichin," and in Italy the whole altar canopy is still called a baldachino.

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On the dais was a throne of carven ivory, and above it a canopy of baudekin of the goodliest fashion, and there was a foot-carpet before it, wrought with beasts and the hunting of the deer.

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