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Cambric vs Chambray - What's the difference?

cambric | chambray |

As nouns the difference between cambric and chambray

is that cambric is a finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton while chambray is a soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.

cambric

English

Alternative forms

* cambrick (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia cambric)
  • A finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.
  • * 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.

    Synonyms

    * batiste

    chambray

    English

    (Cambric)

    Noun

  • A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.