Category:Nankeen

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.

Defn: trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (zoöl.), the Australian night heron (nycticorax caledonicus); -- called also Quaker.