a. and sb. Obs. In 5 -kyn, 7 -chine. [a. F. turquin, turquine (1471 in Hatz.-Darm.), = It. turchino, -ina, ‘blue, azure, watchet’ (Florio), dim. of turco Turk. See TURQUIN.] a. adj. Light blue. b. sb. A kind of light blue cloth.
1483. Act 1 Rich. III., c. 8 § 18. Provided alwey that this Acte … extende not … to the makynge … of eny clothe called Vervise, otherwise called Plounkettes Turkyns or Celestrines, with broade Lists.
[Cf. 1611. Cotgr., Couleur Turquine, a right blue, or Venice blue; the colour of the Turkie stone. Ibid., s.v. Turc, Couleur Turque, Azure, Sky-colour, the colour of a Turkeis-stone (betweene a blue, and an Azure).]
c. 1618. Moryson, Itin. (1903), 441. The Dukes [= doge’s] officers,… 50 in nomber, attyred in Turchine gownes.
