gingham

1. (uncountable) A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.Examples: "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!"; "Aunt Elizabeth had produced a terrible gingham apron and an equally terrible gingham sunbonnet from somewhere in the New Moon garret, and made Emily put them on. The apron was a long sack-like garment, high in the neck, with sleeves."; "Always, the relentless bass of hip-hop blasting in rooms of nautical-themed furnishings, faded driftwood, gingham upholstery, linen and chambray."uncountable

2. (countable) A dress made from that material.Examples: ""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.""countable

3. (UK, slang, archaic) An umbrella.Examples: "[…] their ginghams stuck under their arms at right angles to their back-bones […]"UKarchaiccountableslanguncountable