nankeen

nan·keen (n

n-k

) also nan·kin (-k

, -k

)

a. A sturdy yellow or buff cotton cloth.

b. nankeens Trousers made of this cloth.

2. Nankeen A Chinese porcelain with a blue-and-white pattern.

[After Nanjing.]

nankeen [næŋˈkiːn], nankin [ˈnænkɪn]

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a hard-wearing buff-coloured cotton fabric

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a. a pale greyish-yellow colour

b. (as adjective) a nankeen carpet

[named after Nanking, China, where it originated]

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Noun

nankeen - a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color

cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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nankeen

n, no pl (= cloth) → Nanking(-stoff) m

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fabric Nankeen bird yellow	Natalie held up the skirt of her nankeen dress, and exhibited the purple trimming torn away over an extent of some yards. Miss or Mrs.? by Collins, Wilkie View in context The day after that in which the scene we have just described had taken place on the road between Bellegarde and Beaucaire, a man of about thirty or two and thirty, dressed in a bright blue frock coat, nankeen trousers, and a white waistcoat, having the appearance and accent of an Englishman, presented himself before the mayor of Marseilles. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context His nether garment was a yellow nankeen, closely fitted to the shape, and tied at his bunches of knees by large knots of white ribbon, a good deal sullied by use. The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context	nana Nana Sahib Nanaimo Nanaimo bar Nanak nance Nancere Nanchang Nancy Nancy Freeman Mitford Nancy Mitford Nancy Witcher Astor NAND NAND circuit NAND gate Nanda Devi Nandine Nandou nandrolone nandu nane Nanga Parbat Nanhai nanism Nanjing nankeen Nankeen bird Nanking Nanna Nanning nanno- nannofossil nannoplankton nanny nanny goat nanny state nanny-goat nannyberry nannygai nannying nano- nanocephalic nanocephaly nanofabrication nanofossil nanogram nanometer nanometre nanomia nanook nanophthalmos	Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute Nanjing Huade Spark Plug Co., Ltd. Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology Nanjing International Christian Fellowship Nanjing Massacre Nanjing Massacre Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Qinhuai River Environmental Improvement Project Nanjing University Nanjing University Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal Nanjing University Alumni Association Nanjing University Alumni Association of Southern California Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing University of Chemical Technology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanjing Water Services Group Nanjing, China Nanjing, China Nanjing, China Nanjing, Treaty Nanka Nankai Area Top Total Site nankeen Nankeen bird nankeens Nanki-Poo nankin nankin Nanking Nanking Nanking Massacre Nanking Massacre Nanking Treaty of 1842 Nanking, China Nanking, China Nanling Nanling Mountains NANM Nanmadakoodal Nanmadakoodal NANMRA NANMT NANN Nanna Nanna Nanna nannandrous nannas nannas Nannette Brodie Dance Theatre Nanni d'Antonio di Banco Nanni di Banco nannie

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Nankeen bird
yellow

Natalie held up the skirt of her nankeen dress, and exhibited the purple trimming torn away over an extent of some yards.

Miss or Mrs.? by Collins, Wilkie View in context

The day after that in which the scene we have just described had taken place on the road between Bellegarde and Beaucaire, a man of about thirty or two and thirty, dressed in a bright blue frock coat, nankeen trousers, and a white waistcoat, having the appearance and accent of an Englishman, presented himself before the mayor of Marseilles.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

His nether garment was a yellow nankeen, closely fitted to the shape, and tied at his bunches of knees by large knots of white ribbon, a good deal sullied by use.

The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

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