The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

cambric \cam"bric\ (k[a^]m"br[i^]k), 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.
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            He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; .
            . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak.
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   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.
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