gingham

ging·ham

G0130000 (gĭng′əm)n. A yarn-dyed cotton or cotton blend fabric usually woven in checks, plaids, or stripes.

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[Dutch ginggang, from Malay genggang, ginggang, apart, separated by a space, striped (as in kain genggang, striped cloth, gingham).]

gingham

(ˈɡɪŋəm) n (Textiles) textiles a. a cotton fabric, usually woven of two coloured yarns in a checked or striped designb. (as modifier): a gingham dress. [C17: from French guingan, from Malay ginggang striped cloth]

ging•ham

(ˈgɪŋ əm)

n. yarn-dyed, plain-weave cotton fabric, usu. striped or checked. [1605–15; < Dutch gingang < Malay gəŋgaŋ, giŋgaŋ with space between, hence, striped]

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gingham - a clothing fabric in a plaid weave cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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