His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Checklaton — Check la*ton, n. 1. Ciclatoun. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Gilded leather. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
checklaton — /chek latˈən/ noun Understood and explained by Spenser as gilded leather used for making embroidered jacks (also schecklaton or shecklaton) ORIGIN: ↑ciclaton, perh by association with ↑latten … Useful english dictionary
chekelatoun — Ciclatoun Cic la*toun , n. [Of. ciclaton.] A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] [Written also {checklaton}, {chekelatoun}.] [1913 Webster] His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. Chaucer. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ciclatoun — Cic la*toun , n. [Of. ciclaton.] A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] [Written also {checklaton}, {chekelatoun}.] [1913 Webster] His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shecklaton — Sheck la*ton, n. [Cf. {Ciclatoun}.] A kind of gilt leather. See {Checklaton}. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
