A finely woven white linen or cotton fabric.
[Obsolete Flemish kameryk, from Kameryk, Cambrai, a city of northern France.]
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a finely woven white linen
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cambric
Cambric is a lightweight cotton cloth used as fabric for
lace and needlework. Cambric, also known as batist in a
large part of the world, was invented by Jean-Baptiste Cambrai[citation needed]France, which gave the fabric its name, as early as 1595; It is a closely woven,
firm fabric with a slight glossy surface produced by calendering. Modern cambric is made
from Egyptian or American cotton and sometimes
flax, but also polymer fibres can be added. Cambric is also used
as a coating for professional playing cards, to protect them for longer and make them easier to handle.
Cambric is mentioned in the song Scarborough Fair, with the lyrics "tell her to make me a cambric shirt".
The early David Bowie song "Come and buy my toys" (1967) also mentions a cambric shirt, possibly as a tip of the hat to "Scarborough Fair".
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Cambric
Dansk (Danish)
n. - kammerdug, cambric
Français (French)
n. - (Tex) batiste
Deutsch (German)
n. - Kambrik, Batist
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ύφασμα) καμπρίκ, βατίστα
Português (Portuguese)
n. - cambraia (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - batista, cambray
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kambrik
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
麻纱, 细棉布
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 麻紗, 細棉布
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 손수건 따위에 사용되는 고급 아마포나 면포
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) قماش كتاني ناعم
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בד כותנה או פשתן עדין
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