Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A fine lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of gingham in plain colors with linen finish, used for women's gowns.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp
Etymologies
- Alteration of French cambrai, cambric, after Cambrai, a city of northern France. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Ask about the provenance of a chambray shirt or a pair of house-label jeans, and you're liable to wind up getting a mini-lesson on American fashion history disguised as a funny story about the road trip they took to the factory.”
“Black Chambray and Vintage Leaf Two Tone: a classic black chambray front's offset by a back made from a loose-leaf pattern "clearly inspired by Japanese paintings" on '50s-era rayon shantung, not to be confused with rayon Wang Chung, as that only comes in Dance Hall grays.”
The Huffington Post: Thrillist: General Knot & Co: Dapper Looks From Salvaged Materials
““Why are you here?” she asked, eyeing him curiously, taking in his dirty jeans, his sleeveless chambray shirt.”
“You know, low slung jeans, chambray shirt hanging loose and unbuttoned.”
“Match the critter with a weather-worn leather belt, beat-up Carhartt workmen pants and a chambray shirt.”
“Anna opened the show with a chambray cape that had a demure military sensibility.”
The Huffington Post: Michelle Madhok: Get the Look of Anna Sui's Spring Collection for Under $50
“She often wears her chambray shirt tucked in or tied at the waist.”
“Flouting the traditional fashion warning against wearing denim on both top and bottom, the designer likes to pair bright jeans with classic collared shirts in chambray, a lightweight, often pale-blue fabric that is similar to denim.”
“When she turned, Ridge appeared in the doorway, dressed in snug-fitting jeans and a chambray shirt with a brown, work-stained cowboy hat shading his face.”
“His solution was to make his own flight jackets, chambray work shirts, loop-wheeled cotton sweatshirts and selvage blue jeans.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chambray’.
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phrontistery - c
from phrontistery.info
caballine, cabas, cable, caboched, cabochon, caboose, cabotage, cabré, cabrie, cabriole, cabriolet, cacaesthesia and 1298 more...
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smoooth
satined, sleek, glossy, legato, uncrannied, suave, smoothen, polish, satiny, flowing, levigate, politic and 78 more...
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Color Words for Shoes
Vendors can get oddly creative.
amaranth, brindle, iguana, slate black, madder brown, bison, pinecone, seal brown, forest night, burnt orange, monument, beet red and 399 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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miscellanea
antimacassar, snootful, sessile, glagolitic, marrowsky, farrago, keel, calumny, rheum, talisman, tally, awry and 508 more...
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wordrainbow
A big list of color names for use on wordrainbow.com
emerald, cherry, coffee, cream, almond, gold, kiwi, green, grass green, aquamarine, beet red, sepia and 714 more...
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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yardage
types of fabric
cotton, wool, silk, linen, rayon, nylon, spandex, lycra, lurex, goretex, challis, brocade and 77 more...
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eponymous fabrics or articles of clot...
several of these characters seem to have been involved in the Crimean War
cardigan, balbriggan, balaclava, raglan, macintosh, madras, cashmere, angora, denim, oxford, wigan, bloomers and 24 more...
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Fabrications
cotton, wool, silk, polyester, microfiber, corduroy, flannel, gabardine, quilt, linen, tapestry, nylon and 65 more...
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Color
chartreuse, bisque, fuchsia, magenta, portage, vermillion, periwinkle, mauve, azure, heliotrope, aquamarine, canary and 14 more...
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Textiles
A list from the 1911 edition of "Words: Their Spelling, Pronunciation, Definition, Application" by the Gregg Publishing Company.
aigrette, a la mode, Amazon, applique, armure, baize, balbriggan, balmoral, batiste, bedticking, bobbinet, buckram and 88 more...
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only the longest threads
duck, dimity, denim, chambray, chenille, voile, twill, gauze, canvas, percale, corduroy, organdy and 10 more...
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