Camlet, originally a fabric made of camel's hair, is now as a rule made from the hair of the Angora goat (q.v.), or even, in Britain, of wool, or of wool mixed with silk, cotton, or linen.
Camlet
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 678
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