chambray
See also: Chambray
English
editEtymology
editFrom French cambrai (“cambric”), and its source, Cambrai, the city in France where it originated; probably with alteration after chamber.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchambray (countable and uncountable, plural chambrays)
- A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp. [from 18th c.]
- 1793, Jane Austen, “A beautiful description of the different effects of Sensibility on different Minds”, in Juvenilia:
- She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap.
- 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 787:
- I had bought some jeans and a couple of blue chambray workshirts to replace the kitchen-whites, but such clothes weren't nearly enough.