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salamander cloth en · NOUN
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(countable, qualifier:formerly, uncountable) A type of fire-resistant cloth, or a piece of such material.
When it drew near the morning, and they were about to take their departure, the little man came again up to the count, and with many thanks, presented him a sword, a salamander-cloth, and a golden ring, in which there was inserted a red-lion, with directions for himself and his descendants to keep these three articles safe[.]
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn:
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