cambric

[ keym-brik ]

noun

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

cambric

/ ˈkeɪmbrɪk /

noun

1. a fine white linen or cotton fabric

Word History and Origins

Origin of cambric¹

1520–30; earlier cameryk, after Kameryk, Dutch name of Cambrai

Word History and Origins

Origin of cambric¹

C16: from Flemish Kamerijk Cambrai

Example Sentences

At the head of the procession was a priest, and at his side a Chinese with a lantern two feet high, covered with white cambric.

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His gold he wrapped in a cambric cloth, put it into a shot bag, and then into a portmanteau.

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Over this paste a piece of dark blue cambric, Fig. 3, carefully turning the edges even with the book.

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Behold how he prances with his manly foot, and brandishes his blade, much as if he were about to measure forth cambric with it.

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And you exhibited to him the vial of chloroform and the piece of cambric?

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Related Words

• bedding
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