cambric
/ˈkæm.bɹɪk/ noun, adjective
Forms cambrics cambrick cambricke
- noun A finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.
- adjective Synonym of Cambrian “the Cambric nation”
Synonyms
Etymology
From Cambrai, a French commune where it was manufactured.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
- noun 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.
Etymology [OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “cambric”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details