Sendal (?), n. [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It. zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a fine Indian cloth.] A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also cendal, and sendal.] Chaucer.
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Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver? Sir W. Scott.
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