About The Word Cambric
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Cambric
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What's The Definition Of Cambric?
[n] a finely woven white linen
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cambric: Related Terms | Find terms related to Cambric: 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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