chambray
a fine cloth of cotton, silk, or linen, commonly of plain weave with a colored warp and white weft.
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How to use chambray in a sentence
Elsie, at the moment, was engaged in taking off a somewhat unevenly faded green chambray frock.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) PorterElliott had caught sight of her blue chambray skirt under a haze of blue larkspurs and had come over to see what she was doing.
The Camerons of Highboro | Beth B. Gilchristchambray is a staple fabric of many years standing, being next in rank among cotton goods after the better grade of gingham.
Textiles | William H. Dooleychambray is a light-weight single cloth fabric that is always woven with a plain weave, and always has a white selvedge.
Textiles | William H. DooleyIn the summer a woman may with propriety wear simple frocks of gingham, chambray, linen, and other washable materials.
Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 | Lillian Eichler Watson
British Dictionary definitions for chambray
/ (ˈʃæmbreɪ) /
a smooth light fabric of cotton, linen, etc, with white weft and a coloured warp
Origin of chambray
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