cambric

English

From Cambrai, a French commune where it was manufactured.

cambric (countable and uncountable, plural cambrics)

A finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.
- 1851 George Dodd, Charles Knight - Knight's Cyclopædia of the industry of all nations, 1851
  Scotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton.
- 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Collins, 1999, Chapter 14,
  His upper tunic was of white cambric, as fine as a handkerchief, so that the bright red tunic beneath it showed through.

finely-woven fabric — see batiste

单词	cambric
释义	cambric English Alternative forms cambrick, cambricke (both obsolete) Etymology From Cambrai, a French commune where it was manufactured. Noun cambric (countable and uncountable, plural cambrics) A finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton. 1851 George Dodd, Charles Knight - Knight's Cyclopædia of the industry of all nations, 1851 Scotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton. 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Collins, 1999, Chapter 14, His upper tunic was of white cambric, as fine as a handkerchief, so that the bright red tunic beneath it showed through. Synonyms batiste Derived terms cambric tea Translations finely-woven fabric — see batiste
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