Shoes vs Sendal - What's the difference?
shoes | sendal |
(label) A light silk cloth.
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*:THE king was right glad of his words, and said unto the good man: Sir, ye be right welcome, and the young knight with you. Then the old man made the young man to unarm him, and he was in a coat of red sendal , and bare a mantle upon his shoulder that was furred with ermine, and put that upon him.
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*::THe kynge was ryghte gladde of his wordes / and said vnto the good man / syr ye be ryghte welcome / and the yonge kny?te with yow / Thenne the old man made the yong man to vnarme hym / and he was in a cote of reed sendel / & bare a mantel vpon his sholder that was furred with ermyn / and put that vpon hym
*1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), Book VIII, lv:
*:And how in sendal wrapt away he bore / That head with him hung at his saddle-bow.
*1885 , (w), (The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night) , Vol.5:
*:We've crowned our meeting with a close embrace / On quilts where new brocades with sendal blend.
