baldachin

Mar. 28th, 2012 07:18 am
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baldachin or baldaquin or baldacchin (BAWL-duh-kin) - n., a rich embroidered fabric of silk and gold; a canopy of state erected over a throne or altar; a portable canopy on poles used especially in religious processions; (Arch.) a permanent ornamental canopy.


The cloth came first, with the others being named for being made of it. In this form used since the early 16th century, older form baldakin borrowed in the late 13th century (either directly or via Medieval Latin baldakinus) from Italian baldacchino, from Baldacco, the Italian name for Baghdad, now in Iraq, where the cloth was made.

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