Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun samite

1 sense of samite

Sense 1
samite -- (a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages)
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")