chambray

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blue chambray

Etymology[edit]

From French cambrai (cambric), and its source, Cambrai, the city in France where it originated; probably with alteration after chamber.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/, /ˈʃambɹeɪ/

Noun[edit]

chambray (countable and uncountable, plural chambrays)

  1. 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.
    • 2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
      Always, the relentless bass of hip-hop blasting in rooms of nautical-themed furnishings, faded driftwood, gingham upholstery, linen and chambray.

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