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noun
yarn-dyed, plain-weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked.
Origin:
1605–15; < Dutch gingang < Malay gəŋgaŋ, giŋgaŋ with space between, hence, striped
1605–15; < Dutch gingang < Malay gəŋgaŋ, giŋgaŋ with space between, hence, striped
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gingham
1615, from Du. gingang, traders' rendering of a Malay word said to be ginggang "striped," used as a noun with the sense of "striped cotton."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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gingham
plain-woven fabric, originally made completely of cotton fibres but later also of man-made fibres, which derives its colour and pattern effects from carded or combed yarns. The name comes from the Malay word genggang, meaning "striped," and thence from the French guingan, used by the Bretons to signify cloth made from striped colouring. Medium or fine yarns of varying quality are used to obtain the plain, checked, or striped effects. The warp and the weft, or filling, may be the same, even-sided and balanced
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