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nankeen

Noun

nan=keen

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nankeen(n = noun.artifact) - a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color;

nankeen, n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.].

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. [1913 Webster]
An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. [1913 Webster]
Trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]

Nankeen bird (Zoöl.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

nankeen, n.
1 a yellowish cotton cloth.
2 a yellowish buff colour.
3 (in pl.) trousers of nankeen.

Etymology

Nankin(g) in China, where orig. made