Sunday, September 08, 2013
chambray noun [SHAM-brey] a fine cloth of cotton, silk, or linen, commonly of plain weave with a colored warp and white weft.
Definitions for chambray
- a fine cloth of cotton, silk, or linen, commonly of plain weave with a colored warp and white weft.
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Citations for chambray
On the way out the door, I noticed a video of Kamprad, in a chambray shirt and gold chain, playing on a nearby screen.
He wears blue jeans and a chambray work shirt over a turtleneck, and the yellow corduroy sport jacket is warm there under the lights, but he knows he needs the pockets.
Origin of chambray
Chambray is an Americanism that arose in the early 1800s. It's a variant of the word cambric, which is named for the city in Northern France, Cambrai via the Dutch word Kameryk.