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Cambric definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAMBRIC, n. A species of fine white linen, made of flax, said to be named from Cambray in Flanders, where it was first manufactured.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a finely woven white linen

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Dutch Kamerijk Cambrai, France Date: 1530 1. a fine thin white linen fabric 2. a cotton fabric that resembles cambric

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a fine white linen or cotton fabric. Etymology: Kamerijk, Flem. form of Cambrai in N. France, where it was orig. made

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cambric 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.