Chambray

//ˈʃæmbɹeɪ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp. countable, uncountable

    "She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap."

  2. 2
    a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp wordnet

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"She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap."

Etymology

From French cambrai (“cambric”), and its source, Cambrai, the city in France where it originated; probably with alteration after chamber.

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