2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: cambric \cam"bric\ (k[a^]m"br[i^]k), n. [OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made.] 1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen. [1913 Webster] He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called {cotton cambric}, and {cambric muslin}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cambric n : a finely woven white linen
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