Definition of Chino

1. Noun. Trousers made with chino cloth.

Generic synonyms: Pant, Trouser

2. Noun. A coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms.
Generic synonyms: Cloth, Fabric, Material, Textile

Definition of Chino

1. Noun. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chino

1. a strong fabric [n -NOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chino

chinkies
chinkiest
chinking
chinkle
chinks
chinky
chinless
chinless wonder
chinless wonders
chinlike
chinned
chinnier
chinning
chinning bar
chinny
chino (current term)
chino cloth
chinoidine
chinois
chinoiserie
chinoiseries
chinoleine
chinoline
chinolines
chinone
chinones
chinook
chinook salmon
chinook wind
chinooks

Literary usage of Chino

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"chino-chino, so, ' just as you are ' ; ndi-na-mjH'zii iye chino~c/iino, I found him without anything, bow or arrow, just as I am just now. ..."

2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1903)
"This duty devolved upon Lockwood and chino Zavalla. Hicks had from the very first ordered that the Spaniard should accompany the superintendent upon this ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1858)
"Indian father and negro mother chino. White father and mulatto mother ... Negro father and mestizo mother Mulatto-oscura, Negro father and chino mother ..."

4. Eagle Pass; Or, Life on the Border by Cora Montgomery (1852)
"chino was a full-blooded, native-born citizen of Mexico, endowed, like his human peon brothers, with the Mexican virtues of patience, endurance, ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... and worldly, and yet love hie Guidos, and be comforted in his downfall by the opportune arrival of a Domini- chino. But neither his love of art, ..."

6. Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth: Historical Character Study by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1892)
"... chino SUGAR.MILLS—MRS GIRD—PHYSIQUE AND CHARACTERISTICS—OPINIONS—SUMMARY. SINCE the time when a couple of railroad cars would have contained the entire ..."

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