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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
“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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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.

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

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

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

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

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