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Definition of Gingham
1. Noun. A clothing fabric in a plaid weave.
Definition of Gingham
1. n. 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.
Definition of Gingham
1. Noun. A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gingham
1. a cotton fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gingham
Literary usage of Gingham
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1850)
"The island was now in great part submerged ; and gingham stood on a mere strip
of shingle, with the flood roaring down on each side. ..."
2. Scientific Sewing and Garment Cutting: For Use in Schools and in the Home by Antionette Prudence Van Hoesen Wakeman, Louise M. Heller (1898)
"THE gingham PATCH. • The material for this model is a piece of domestic ...
From the upper left-hand corner of this gingham model, cut out a piece two and ..."
3. Peruvian Fabrics by Morris De Camp Crawford (1916)
"Fig. 35 (B-4319). gingham with floated White Lozenge Figures having a single-
faced Bobbin-Weave Bonier. ..."
4. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"16, a green striped gingham, printed in red and black. These printed fabrics may
be made up into bags, as shown in Fig. 17. A twisted cord with several ..."
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