Etymology: < Cambay a sea-port of India.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: camˈbaye.
A kind of cotton cloth made in India.
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1727 A. HamiltonNew Acct. E. Indies I. i. 9 Coarse chequer'd Cloth, called Cambaya Lungies, made of Cotton-yarn.
1874 E. H. KnightAmer. Mech. Dict. I. 432/2Cambayes.
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