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- Text size:A<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964#> - A<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964#> nankeen, n. and adj. View as: - Outline<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry:showfullentry/false?t:ac=Entry/124964> | - Full entry<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry:showfullentry/true?t:ac=Entry/124964> Quotations: - Show all<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry:showallquotations/true?t:ac=Entry/124964> | - Hide all<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry:showallquotations/false?t:ac=Entry/124964> *Pronunciation:* Brit. /nanˈkiːn/ , /naŋˈkiːn/ , U.S. /nænˈkin/ *Forms:* 17 *nankein*, 17–18 *nanquin*, 17– *nankeen*, 17– *nankin*, 18 * namking* (*U.S.*), 19– *nanking*. Also with capital initial.(Show Less)<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964#> *Etymology:* < *Nankin* , former spelling of the name of the city of * Nanking* (see Nanking n.<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/view/Entry/245052#eid12289719>); the form *nankeen* is probably after -een suffix1<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/view/Entry/59634#eid5749135>. Compare French*nankin* , noun (1760 denoting a type of cotton fabric, generally of a yellow colour, 1842 denoting a pale yellow colour) and adjective (1804 in sense ‘of a pale yellow colour’), Dutch *nankin* , * nanking* , noun (mid 19th cent.), German *Nanking* . The name of the city, in the form *Lankin* or *Lanquin* (probably via Portuguese), was applied to a kind of silk in the 17th cent.: see further H. Yule and A. C. Burnell *Hobson-Jobson* (1886), s.v. *Nanking*. (Show Less)<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964#> *A.* n. *I.* A kind of cloth; senses relating to this. *1.* Thesaurus »<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> Categories »<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> *a.* A kind of pale yellowish cloth, originally made at Nanking from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton which is then dyed; more fully nankeen cloth. Also in*pl.*: a piece or variety of this cloth. Now chiefly *hist.*In some 18th-cent. uses perh. referring to a variety of unbleached silk rather than cotton. *c*1700 *Acct. of Sale of India Silks<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> * 1/2 Damask Nankeens 403, at 5*l*. 1755 in F. W. Fairholt *Satirical Songs & Poems on Costume<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> * (1849) 239 Make his breeches of nankein, Most like nature, most like skin. 1781 A. Adams in *Familiar Lett.<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> * (1876) 402 There are some articles, which come from India,‥Bengals, nankeens, Persian silk. *c*1809 F. Buchanan in M. Martin *Eastern India<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> * (1838) III. 244 Wool having the colour of nankeen cloth. 1878 J. H. Gray *China<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> * III. xxiii. 143 The cloth called nankin, generally written nankeen, is of the greatest durability. 1891 *Cent. Mag.<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> * Mar. 735 The middle and lower half had been supplanted by another vest and trousers of faded nankeen. 1936 *Jrnl. Southern Hist.<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> * *2* 412 Translated, it runs like this, ‘Oh, you American knave dressed in nankeen—You steal loaves of bread for Mister d'Quin!’ 1957 P. White *Voss<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> * xi. 318 Many a citizen, walking at the water's edge, in good nankeen or new merino, did entertain secret hopes. 1997 T. Clark *Empire of Skin<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.pvc.maricopa.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/124964> * ii. 79 The long overland trek toting skins of sea otters‥to exchange for‥nankeens and tea. On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Emily Gilbert <emchantm...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm planning to make the Past Patterns 1793-1820 Transition Stay. It says > that the stay the pattern was taken from was made in nankeen, and that > nankeen is "unlike any fabric available in today's market", but doesn't > offer any suggestions as to what to use instead. Does anyone know what > kind of fabric would give me the closest approximation? > > Thanks! > Emily > ______________________________**_________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costume<http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> > -- -Sg- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
