camaca

or cam·a·ka, cam·o·ca

[ kam-uh-kuh ]

noun
  1. a heavy fabric of silk or mixed fibers, much used in the Middle Ages.

Origin of camaca

1
1325–75; Middle English <Medieval Latin camoca<Arabic or Persian kamkha, kimkha

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