nankeen.

1. A durable yellowish or buff cotton cloth, historically associated with fabric from Nanjing in China.

2. Nankeens: trousers or other clothing made from nankeen cloth.

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Words that belong together

• nankeen cloth
• nankeen trousers
• a nankeen jacket

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His nankeen jacket had darkened at the cuffs but kept its pale color under the collar.

The account listed nankeen cloth among the goods brought into the house that spring.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Uncountable fabric noun; nankeens is a fixed-plural garment use. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.