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Examples of samite
samite
For those of royal blood there were robes and mantles of samite and cloth of gold.
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She was sheathed in radiant white samite that clung to her shapely curves.
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Samite itself might be interwoven with threads wrapped in gold foil.
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Samite was a luxurious and heavy silkfabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread.
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Vikings, connected through their direct trade routes with Constantinople, were buried in samite embroidered with silver-wound threads in the tenth century.
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The Crusades brought Europeans into direct contact with the Islamic world, and other sources of samite, as well as other Eastern luxuries.
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- A heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages
- Samite is the stage name for African musician Samite Mulondo. Originally from Uganda, Samite now lives in Ithaca, New York. He plays the flute and kalimba, a type of thumb piano.
- Rich silk cloth, unmade after Middle Ages.
- Rich and heavy silk, sometimes interwoven with gold or silver
