'nankin' definitions:

Definition of 'nankin'

From: GCIDE
  • Nankeen \Nan*keen"\, n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.] [Written also nankin.]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
  • Nankeen bird (Zool.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker. [1913 Webster]