cendal

[ sen-dl ]

noun

1. a variant of sendal.

Example Sentences

The 'mezzaro' is a kind of hooded cloak worn by the Genoese women, as the 'cendal' is worn at Venice, and the 'mantilla' at Madrid.

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Guillaume Guiart, in his Chronicle says:— “Oriflambe est une banni�re De cendal voujoiant et simple Sans portraiture d’autre affaire.”

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One stanza will suffice:— "Entonces con aplauso le pusieron Al nuevo Rey de purpura un vestido, Y a manera de beca le ci�eron Al cuello y ombros un cendal bru�ido, Quatro vanderas a sus pies tendieron, Una h�zia el Levante esclarecido, Otra a do el sol se cubre en negro velo, Y otras dos a los polos dos del cielo."

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In the catalogue of Charles V.’s library, the materials used for bindings are thus named: Soie veluyau, satin damas, taffetas, camelot, cendal, and drap d’or; and many were embroidered.

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The castellain, advancing to meet the mayor, informed him that he had come to do the service which the city had a right to demand at his hands, and thereupon the mayor placed the city's banner in his hands, and then, attending him back to the gate, presented him with a charger of the value of £20, its saddle emblazoned with the arms of Fitz-Walter, and its housing of cendal or silk, similarly enriched.

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