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clamon clemal [< Salish: Tillamook] Hist. 
n. See quotes.
- 1811 (1849) Their war garments are of two kinds, one is termed clemal, of elk-skin, dressed and worked to the thickness of nearly half an inch and arrow proof. The clemal nearly covers the whole of the body, with an opening left on the right side to allow the arm free action in combat.
- 1814 (1897) They [the Tillamook] brought to trade some clemens, or war garments of thick red deer skins, dressed in the grain with urine.
- 1834 (1963) . . . several clement skins were also bestowed amongst the guests--this is a dressed elk skin of great size--it must come originally from the interior--two are equal in value to a blanket.
- 1942 They [Pacific Coast trading ships] even dealt in the products of the Coast itself: clamons, (native armour of tanned elk or moose hide). . . .
- 1811 (1849) Their war garments are of two kinds, one is termed clemal, of elk-skin, dressed and worked to the thickness of nearly half an inch and arrow proof. The clemal nearly covers the whole of the body, with an opening left on the right side to allow the arm free action in combat.