baudekin,baudkinObs.exc.Hist.|ˈbɔːdɪkɪn,ˈbɔːdkɪn|Forms: 4–9 baudekyn, baudekin, 5–9 baudkin, 6–9 bawdkin; also 4 baudekine, 4–6 bawdekyn(e, 5 bawdkyne, bawedekyn, 5–6 bawdekin, 6 baudkyn, bawdikyn, bawdkyn, 7 bodkin.[a.OF.baudekin, -quin:—med.L. baldakinus, -ekinus (=It.baldacchino),f.Baldacco,It.form of Bagdad; see baldachin.]A rich embroidered stuff, originally made with warp of gold thread and woof of silk; later, with wider application, rich brocade, rich shot silk. Sometimes, more fully, cloth of baud(e)kin.c1300K. Alis. 759He dude his temple al by-honge With bawdekyn, brod and longe.c1320Seuyn Sag. (W.) 2744Th' emperour was browt abedde, With riche baudekines i-spredde.1440Lincolnsh.Ch.Furn. (1866) 182A vesment of baudekyn y⊇ ground black with grene Werk.1525Ld.Berners Froiss. II. clvii.[cliii.]429Aparelled in gownes of one sute of clothe of Baudkyn, grene and crymosyn.1536Regist.in Antiq.Sarisb. (1771) 197Ten Chesibles of white Bawdkin, with leaves and hearts of Gold.1552Huloet,Bawdkyn or Tynsel clothe.1610HollandCamden'sBrit.i. 174Arraied in cloth of gold of the most pretious and costly Bawdkin.1624HeywoodGunaik. v. 241Women apparrelled in cloth of bodkin.1861H. AinsworthConstable of T. 43Her dress was of gold bawdkin.attrib.c1440Promp. Parv. 27Bawdekyn clothe, olosericus.1609HollandAmm. Marcel. xiv. note,Surcoat of scarlet, likewise of bawdkin work.1843LyttonLast Bar. ii. ii. 124The baudekin stripes (blue and gold) of her tunic attested her royalty.