\Cam"bric\, n. [OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish
Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it
was first made.]
1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.

         He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; .
         . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak.

2. 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}.