cambric

Etymology
From, a French commune where it was manufactured.

Noun

 * 1) A finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.
 * 2) * 1851 George Dodd, Charles Knight - Knight's Cyclopædia of the industry of all nations, 1851
 * Scotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton.
 * 1) * 1851 George Dodd, Charles Knight - Knight's Cyclopædia of the industry of all nations, 1851
 * Scotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton.