'Camelot' definitions:
Definition of 'Camelot'
From: WordNet
noun
(Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there
Definition of 'Camelot'
From: GCIDE
- Camelot \Came"lot\, n. See Camelet. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Camelot'
From: GCIDE
- Camelot \Cam"e*lot\ (k[a^]m"[u^]*l[o^]t), prop. n.
- 1. The legendary site of King Arthur's court and castle. [PJC]
- 2. Hence, any place or time thought of as having idyllic peace, justice, and happiness. [PJC]
Definition of 'camelot'
From: GCIDE
- Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote, chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum, camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being used in making it. Cf. Calamanco] A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes written camelot and camblet.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. ) [1913 Webster]