'Checklaton' definitions:

Definition of 'Checklaton'

From: GCIDE
  • Checklaton \Check"la*ton\, n.
  • 1. Ciclatoun. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Gilded leather. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'checklaton'

From: GCIDE
  • Ciclatoun \Cic"la*toun`\, n. [Of. ciclaton.] A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.] [1913 Webster]
  • His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]