cambric

thumb|White applique on linen batiste, a type of cambric, with needlepoint fillings thumb|Morning blouse made of cambric thumb|upright|Corsage (bodice)|Corsage made of cambric (1898)

Cambric or batiste is a fine dense cloth. It is a lightweight plain-weave fabric, originally from the commune of Cambrai (in present-day northern France), woven greige (neither bleached nor dyed), then bleached, piece-dyed, and often glazed or calendered. Initially it was made of linen; from the 18th and 19th centuries the term came to apply to cotton fabrics as well.