noun. A finely woven white linen or cotton fabric.

noun. A thin, fine linen, said to have been first manufactured at Cambrai in France, introduced in the sixteenth century for the fine ruffs worn at that period, as well as for bands, kerchiefs, etc.; in modern times, the finest linen made. See batiste.

noun. Same as cambric-muslin, 2.

noun. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.

noun. 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.

noun. A finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.

noun. a finely woven white linen

"She wears a gown of rich silk, opening in front to display a chemisette of the most delicate cambric, which is scarcely less delicate than her skin."