01 n. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
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A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.“He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns.” — Shak.
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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. Also: cotton cambric, cambric muslin