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Chino cloth is a kind of twill fabric, usually made primarily from cotton. Originally used in British and French military uniforms in the mid-1800s, today it is also used to make civilian clothing. There is even a style of pants, "chinos", named after the fabric, though sometimes they are incorrectly referred to as "khakis", especially in the US. Categories: Stub | Textiles | Weaving ... Jump to: navigation, search Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Khaki, in British or European parlance, is a type of green tinged brown fabric, or the colour of such fabric. ...


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Chino cloth is a kind of twill fabric, usually made primarily from cotton.
Chino pants gained popularity in the US in the 1900s after military men returning from the Philippines after the Spanish-American War brought back their cotton military trousers.
Today, chino pants in the US are commonly referred to as "khakis", although by definition "chino" is a type of fabric and "khaki" is simply one of the colors the fabric is commonly dyed.
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