NANKEEN
nankeen
(noun) a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nankeen (countable and uncountable, plural nankeens)
A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.
Source: Wiktionary
Nan*keen", n. Etym: [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.]
1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.
2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
3. pl.
Definition: Trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zoöl.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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