Definition of "chambray"

She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap.

1793, Jane Austen, “A beautiful description of the different effects of Sensibility on different Minds”, in Juvenilia

I had bought some jeans and a couple of blue chambray workshirts to replace the kitchen-whites, but such clothes weren't nearly enough.

2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 787

Always, the relentless bass of hip-hop blasting in rooms of nautical-themed furnishings, faded driftwood, gingham upholstery, linen and chambray.

2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux