battleship gray
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- battleship-gray adjective
Etymology
Origin of battleship gray
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Across the Channel in the English port of Dover, the skies Saturday were the same battleship gray, the sea state queasy with chop.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2021
Ms. Figura’s installation features galleries painted something close to battleship gray and alleviated by occasional walls of saturated colors that echo the early woodcuts of Kandinsky, Kokoschka and Max Pechstein in the show.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2011
It had 30 rooms, their concrete walls painted battleship gray.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in the execution, the ceramic rods Piano devised to screen the glass walls are bulky, and the battleship gray exterior looks anything but weightless.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everything was battleship gray: the floor, walls, filing cabinets, a desk, and two chairs.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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