gingham

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun gingham has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

ginghamn. [F. guingan; cf. Jav. ginggang; or perh. fr. Guingamp, in France.].
     A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gingham, n. a plain-woven cotton cloth esp. striped or checked.

Etymology
Du. gingang f. Malay ginggang (orig. adj. = striped)

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