chambray








noun

  1. a fine cloth of cotton, silk, or linen, commonly of plain weave with a colored warp and white weft.

noun

  1. a smooth light fabric of cotton, linen, etc, with white weft and a coloured warp
n.

1814, American English, alteration of Cambrai, city in France (formerly Flanders) where the cloth originally was made. Cf. cambric.

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