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baudekin
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baudekin, n. [OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See Baldachin.].
The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery; -- made originally at Baghdad . Nares. [1913 Webster]
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