Definition of "chambray" [cham•bray]

• A fine lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp. (noun)

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• "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."
• "“Why are you here?” she asked, eyeing him curiously, taking in his dirty jeans, his sleeveless chambray shirt."