Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
chambray
noun · first attested 19th century
The cloth is named for a city in northern France.
A plain-woven cloth with a coloured warp and white weft.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Cambrai
- In English
chambray
Cambrai gave its name to two fabrics in English, chambray and cambric. Both record the city's linen trade.
France
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