[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cambric \cam"bric\ ka^m"bri^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
see also:
cotton cambric cambric muslin 

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