| samite | (n) a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages |
| Samite | a. [ OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from LGr. &unr_;, &unr_; woven with six threads; Gr. &unr_; six + &unr_; a thread. See Six, and cf. Dimity. ] A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] In silken samite she was light arrayed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] |