cambrick

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A form of cambric — A finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.

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Meanings

nouncambrick (countable and uncountable, plural cambricks)

plural cambricks

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of cambric.

    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
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Chicago

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