cambric

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From April 18 through April 30, the cottage will be draped in black cambric, as it was after the assassination.

From Washington Post

The bark of every forest tree will show which is the north side, and a bright cambric needle dropped gently upon a dipper of water is a compass of unerring accuracy.

From Project Gutenberg

Her dress seemed to be of cambric or dimity, and from Mary's description, was that worn by ladies in the seventeenth century.

From Project Gutenberg

Who can tell how often the corner of the delicate cambric will have to represent a tear which, like difficult passages in novels is ‘left to the imagination.’

From Project Gutenberg

Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.

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