gingham

[ ging-uh m ]

/ ˈgɪŋ əm /

yarn-dyed, plain-weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked.

Origin of gingham

1605–15; < Dutch gingang < Malay gəŋgaŋ, giŋgaŋ with space between, hence, striped

Machine work—Belt, gingham apron oversleeves, child's dress with waist, uniform apron.

The Making of a Trade School |Mary Schenck Woolman
Had Gingham and I been equally punctilious, we should not have reached Toulouse by dinner-time.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850 |Various
Except for that, her dresses had always been of gingham or calico.

When Sarah Went to School |Elsie Singmaster
Gingham was first manufactured in Gonghamp in France and was known as Madras gingham.

Textiles and Clothing |Kate Heintz Watson

It is well to test the skirt and waist patterns by using inexpensive materials, such as calico, gingham, or cheap lining.

Textiles and Clothing |Kate Heintz Watson

gingham

/ (ˈɡɪŋəm) /

textiles

a cotton fabric, usually woven of two coloured yarns in a checked or striped design
(as modifier)a gingham dress

C17: from French guingan, from Malay ginggang striped cloth