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