- Nassis
- NAC, NAK, NAQUE, NASSIS, NACHIZ, NAKH, NASSIT, NECIDJ, NEKHA rich brocaded fabric mentioned by various mediaeval authors and household accounts. It was made chiefly in Bagdad and Nirsabur according to Ibn Batuta (1304-1378). Marco Polo (13th century) mentions Nassit and Nac as one of the silk cloths made at Bagdad, and says that the Tartars made a cloth called Nasgisi or Nakh, used principally for women's clothes. In Europe it was made at Lucca, Italy, as mentioned in 1350 by Etieune de le Fontaine.
Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.