cambric
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈkæmbrɪk/
:
cámbra
- He wore a crisp cambric shirt that was perfect for the summer heat.
Examples
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The delicate cambric fabric felt soft against her skin, making it ideal for lingerie.
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"He shrugged out of his coat and his waistcoat and pulled the cravat from around his neck, tossing them all on a chair and leaving only the white cambric of his shirt and dove gray twill of his trousers to cover him.
Fiction book (1994) -
A baby with skin the color of cambric tea was sucking its fist in the curve of her arm.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Now!" she said briskly, stuffing the totally inadequate piece of cambric and lace up her sleeve.
Fiction book (1990) -
And there I was, our Edwardian girl, totally without worldly experience and still cocooned in my mother's nursery of cambric tea and childish civilities.
Academic text (1994) -
In early eighteenth-century Jamaica, it was one of the few places where men did not wear a ruffled or "furbelowed Cambric cap," attire judged too hot by succeeding generations.
Academic text (2007) -
She carefully folded the cambric handkerchief before placing it in her purse.
Compounds
How Fine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cambric comes from the name of the town Cambrai in France and originally meant 'from Cambrai' because that place was famous for very fine cloth. That's why cambric now means a light, finely woven fabric often used for handkerchiefs and shirts.