cambric

plural cambrics · alternative cambrick · alternative cambricke

1. countableuncountableA finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.

   Scotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton.

   1851 George Dodd, Charles Knight - Knight's Cyclopædia of the industry of all nations, 1851

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   Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?

   1634 (first performance), William D’avenant [i.e., William Davenant], The Wits: A Comedie; […], published 1636; republished in Two Excellent Plays: […], London: […] G. Bedel, and T[homas] Collins, […], 1665, →OCLC, Act I, page 1

   His upper tunic was of white cambric, as fine as a handkerchief, so that the bright red tunic beneath it showed through.

   1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 14, in The Horse and His Boy, Collins, published 1999

   "Yours, at least, Sancho," replied Don Quixote, "must be accustomed to such cloudbursts; but mine, brought up on cambric and fine Dutch linen, of course will feel more deeply the pain of this misfortune.

   Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 106

   Synonyms: batiste

comparative more Cambric · superlative most Cambric

1. Synonym of Cambrian

   the Cambric nation

   Synonyms: Cambrian