\Sen"dal\, n. [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It. zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr. ??? a fine Indian cloth.] A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also {cendal}, and {sendal}.] --Chaucer. Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver? --Sir W. Scott.