gingham
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gingham
- /ˈɡɪŋ.əm/
Where it comes from
From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France, where this cloth may have been made.
noun ginghams
- A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks. And she found that she was not wearing a despised muslin frock! Her dress was gingham!—an adorable plaid with long sleeves, and a patch-pocket low down on the right side!
- A dress made from that material. "We have put on the pale blue silks that we wore at Isabella's wedding; that, however, was Georgiana's thought," continued Helen; "she said it would be impossible to go to church in our pink ginghams."
- An umbrella. […] their ginghams stuck under their arms at right angles to their back-bones […]
Translations
Talk about this word "gingham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gingham. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gingham. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gingham "gingham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gingham.Cite this
@misc{gingham_2026,
title = {gingham},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gingham},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
