A finely woven white linen or cotton fabric.
[Obsolete Flemish kameryk, from Kameryk, Cambrai, a city of northern France.]
cambric
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A finely woven white linen or cotton fabric.
A finely woven white linen or cotton fabric.
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a finely woven white linen
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Cambric or chambray is a lightweight cotton cloth used as fabric for lace and needlework. Cambric, also known as batiste in a large part of the world, was first used in Cambrai, France, as early as 1595. It is possibly named after Baptiste of Cambrai.[1] 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, parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme."
The early David Bowie song Come and Buy my Toys (1967) also mentions a cambric shirt. "You shall own a cambric shirt, You shall work your father's land, But now you shall play in the market square, Till you'll be a man".
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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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