sendal

Noun

sen=dal

CIDE DICTIONARY

sendal, n. [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It. zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr. a fine Indian cloth.].

A light thin stuff of silk. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

"Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver?" Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

sendal, n. hist.
1 a thin rich silk material.
2 a garment of this.

Etymology

ME f. OF cendal, ult. f. Gk sindon