cambric
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cambric
1520–30; earlier cameryk, after Kameryk, Dutch name of Cambrai
Example Sentences
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From April 18 through April 30, the cottage will be draped in black cambric, as it was after the assassination.
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2015
Sybil Connolly's 1966 leaf-green pleated skirt, embroidered white blouse and pink belt is a cool reinvention of the evening dress: daringly, it is made of cambric and linen.
From The Guardian • May 19, 2012
It conjures up other images we have of him as stout, natty, in tweed suit, cambric shirt and ankle boots, a human brandy snifter.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2010
Sherry was "the wine of Jerez," cambric the "linen made at Cambrai," and tobacco the product of the West Indian island of Tobago.
From Time Magazine Archive
And then, with his money tied up in his fine Sunday cambric handkerchief, he walked up to the village of Wall and bade good morning to the guards on the gate.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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