nankeen
n. மஞ்சள் பருத்தியால் செய்யப்பட்ட நூல் துணி வகை, மஞ்சள் அல்லது வௌதறிய மஞ்சள் நிறம்.
Nan*keen", n. Etym: [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, 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. 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. 3. pl. Defn: Trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zoöl.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.