CAMBRIC

cambric

(noun) a finely woven white linen

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cambric (countable and uncountable, plural cambrics)

A finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.

Synonyms

• batiste

Source: Wiktionary

Cam"bric, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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