Nankeen /(?)/
Nan·keen
Nankeen
n.
- 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.
- An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
- Trousers made of nankeen.
Phrases & Compounds
- Nankeen bird
- the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.