Crossword clues for nankeen
nankeen
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nankeen \Nan*keen"\, n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.] [Written also nankin.]
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.
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pl. Trousers made of nankeen.
--Ld. Lytton.Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron ( Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kind of cotton cloth, 1755, from Nanking, China, where it originally was made.
Wiktionary
n. A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.
WordNet
n. a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
Wikipedia
Nankeen, also called Nankeen cloth, is a kind of pale yellowish cloth, originally made at Nanjing from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton which is then dyed. Also in the plural a piece or variety of this cloth.
The term blue nankeen describes hand-printed fabric of artistic refinement and primitive simplicity, which originated on the Silk Road over three thousand years ago.
Hand-carved stencils, originally made from wood but now from heavy paper, are prepared and a mix of soya bean flour and slaked lime is applied through the openings of the stencil onto the 100% cotton fabric. When dry, the fabric is then dipped numerous times into the large tubs containing the indigo dye. After the desired colour is achieved and the fabric has dried, the paste is scraped off, revealing the white patterns on the blue cloth. The fabric is then washed, dried, and ironed before fabrication.
Usage examples of "nankeen".
He was dressed with all the English peculiarity, namely, in a blue coat, with gilt buttons and high collar, in the fashion of 1811, a white kerseymere waistcoat, and nankeen pantaloons, three inches too short, but which were prevented by straps from slipping up to the knee.
He looked unusually neat in a frilled shirt and nankeens, and even Nidget, at his heels, had been haphazardly groomed.
She knew exactly how lean and firm his body would be beneath the fine linen and nankeen, knew how his skin would feel beneath her fingers if she were to reach out and slip her hand into the open placket of his lawn shirt.
That was true, as regarded the bright nankeens, the blue coat with gold buttons, and the showiest of cambric kerchiefs swathing him up to the very chin.
A sailor's eye would have seen that she was even trimmer than usual, with her furled sails skinned up in the bunt and her head-braces lying in perfect Flemish fakes, while even a landsman would have noticed that the officers had abandoned their usual working clothes of easy nankeen pantaloons and light jackets for undress uniform and Hessian boots, while the bargemen were already in their snowy trousers, bright blue jackets and best straw hats, ready to row their Captain ashore as soon as he was invited.
With his face tanned like leather, and in his fine blue coat and nankeen breeches, to most people Allday would seem the perfect example of Jack Tar, the sure shield against the French or any other enemy who dared to come against His Britannic Majesty's navy.
Wearing the uniform of a representative, nankeen breeches, blue coat, tri-colored sash and plumed hat,[165] holding in his hand a bouquet of flowers and grain, he marches at the head of the Convention and officiates on the platform.
Before reaching the place where Taras sat Nekhludoff stopped between the seats near a reverend-looking old man with a white beard and nankeen coat, who was talking with a young woman in peasant dress.