Definitions
a finely woven white linen
Word origin
From Cambrai, a French commune where it was manufactured.
Used in a sentence
“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?”
“Scotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton.”
“His upper tunic was of white cambric, as fine as a handkerchief, so that the bright red tunic beneath it showed through.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Fine linen”7 letters
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