NANKEEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nankeen" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

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 Context examples: 

He was very cleanly dressed, in a blue coat, striped waistcoat, and nankeen trousers; and his fine frilled shirt and cambric neckcloth looked unusually soft and white, reminding my strolling fancy (I call to mind) of the plumage on the breast of a swan.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)