gingham

[ ging-uh m ]

/ ˈgɪŋ əm /

noun

yarn-dyed, plain-weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked.

Nearby words

Origin of gingham

1605–15; < Dutch gingang < Malay gəŋgaŋ, giŋgaŋ with space between, hence, striped

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Examples from the Web for gingham

Machine work—Belt, gingham apron oversleeves, child's dress with waist, uniform apron.
The Making of a Trade School|Mary Schenck Woolman
Had Gingham and I been equally punctilious, we should not have reached Toulouse by dinner-time.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850|Various
Except for that, her dresses had always been of gingham or calico.
When Sarah Went to School|Elsie Singmaster
Gingham was first manufactured in Gonghamp in France and was known as Madras gingham.
Textiles and Clothing|Kate Heintz Watson

It is well to test the skirt and waist patterns by using inexpensive materials, such as calico, gingham, or cheap lining.
Textiles and Clothing|Kate Heintz Watson

British Dictionary definitions for gingham

gingham

/ (ˈɡɪŋəm) /

noun

textiles

a cotton fabric, usually woven of two coloured yarns in a checked or striped design
(as modifier)a gingham dress

Word Origin for gingham

C17: from French guingan, from Malay ginggang striped cloth

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Word Origin and History for gingham

gingham

1610s, from Dutch gingang, traders' rendering of a Malay word said to be ginggang "striped," used as a noun with the sense of "striped cotton." Cf. French guingan, Spanish guinga, Italian gingano, German gingang.