Cic″la‐toun′ (?), n. [Of. ciclaton.] A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.]
His robe was of ciclatoun,
That coste many a Jane.
Chaucer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.