nankeen

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: nan=keen

CIDE DICTIONARY

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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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