Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Sindon

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

SIN'DON (σινδών). A very fine sort of linen cloth, or muslin, employed for clothing by the natives of India, Egypt, and Asia. The same fabric was also imported into Italy, and used by persons of refined habits, at least in late times, for light summer dresses, both of the inner (indutus) and outer apparel (amictus). Mart. ii. 16. iv. 19. Auson. Ephem. in Parecb. 2.

2. A wrapper for books. Mart. xi. 1. Same as MEMBRANA, 2.