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cambric

[ keym-brik ]

noun

  1. a thin, plain cotton or linen fabric of fine close weave, usually white.


cambric

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. a fine white linen or cotton fabric
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cambric1

1520–30; earlier cameryk, after Kameryk, Dutch name of Cambrai
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cambric1

C16: from Flemish Kamerijk Cambrai
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And cambric and lawn for new petticoats, long ones and short ones.

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And then, with his money tied up in his fine Sunday cambric handkerchief, he walked up to the village of Wall and bade good morning to the guards on the gate.

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His upper tunic was of white cambric, as fine as a handkerchief, so that the bright red tunic beneath it showed through.

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The R dwarfed the other letters, the tail of it ran down into the cambric, away from the laced edge.

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He churned with excitement on his stool, his blond sausage curls bouncing on his cambric collar.

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