Nankeen
Nankeen , noun
[So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.]
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.
Trousers made of nankeen. — Ld. Lytton
Collocations (1)
Nankeen bird (Zoology) , the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.