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The answer CAMBRIC has 36 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of cambric in various dictionaries:
noun - a finely woven white linen
A finely woven white linen or cotton fabric.
noun - a fine linen
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"Scarborough Fair" asks for a shirt of this; in upholstery it's more humbly used to catch loose stuffing |
It's a finely woven white linen |
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A finely woven white linen or cotton fabric. |
a lightweight, closely woven white linen or cotton fabric. |
a finely woven white linen |
A lightweight, closely woven white linen or cotton fabric. |
Cambric description |
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Cambric (US: , UK: or ), or batiste, one of the finest and most dense kinds of cloth, is a lightweight plain-weave cloth, originally from the French commune of Cambrai, woven in greige, then bleached, piece-dyed and often glazed or calendered. Initially it was made of linen; later, the term came to be applied to cotton fabrics as well. Cambric is used as fabric for linens, shirts, handkerchieves, ruffs, lace and needlework. The term "cambric cloth" also applies to a stiff, usually black, open-weave cloth typically used for a dust cover on the bottom of upholstered furniture. Chambray, though the same type of fabric, had a coloured warp and a white weft, though it could be "made from any colour as you may wish, in the warp, and also in the filling; only have them differ from each other." Chambray differs from denim in that "chambrays warp and weft threads will alternate one over the other, while denims warp thread will go over two threads in the weft before going under one." As a resul |