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Cambric

Cambric Meaning & Definition
Cambric Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cambric?

[n] a finely woven white linen

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See Also | cloth | fabric | material | textile

Cambric In Webster's Dictionary

\Cam"bric\, n. [OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made.] 1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen. He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak. 2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called {cotton cambric}, and {cambric muslin}.

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