'cambric muslin' definitions:

Definition of 'cambric muslin'

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  • 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]

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