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cambric
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cam·bric  (kmbrk)
n.
A finely woven white linen or cotton fabric.

[Obsolete Flemish kameryk, from Kameryk, Cambrai, a city of northern France.]

cambric [ˈkeɪmbrɪk]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fine white linen or cotton fabric
[from Flemish Kamerijk Cambrai]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cambric - a finely woven white linencambric - a finely woven white linen          
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Translations
cambric [ˈkeɪmbrɪk] Nbatista f
cambric
n (Tex) → Kambrik m, → Cambrai m, → Kammertuch nt


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41) Since cambrics and lawns were still woven from hand-spun yarn, women weavers would be recruited from former spinners.
 
 
 
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