Definitions for: Samite

[n] a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages

Webster (1913) Definition: Sa"mite, a. [OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from
LGr. ?, ? woven with six threads; Gr. ? six + ? a thread. See
Six, and cf. Dimity.]
A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven
with gold. --Tennyson.

In silken samite she was light arrayed. --Spenser.

See Also: cloth, fabric, material, textile