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Lincoln green

noun

  1. an olive-green color.
  2. British Obsolete. a forester's outfit, perhaps of bright green:

    clad in Lincoln green.



Lincoln green

noun

    1. a yellowish-green or brownish-green colour
    2. ( as adjective )

      a Lincoln-green suit

  1. a cloth of this colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lincoln green1

1500–10; so called from the color of a fabric originally made in Lincoln, England
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lincoln green1

C16: so named after a green fabric formerly made at Lincoln , England
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Example Sentences

Robin was clothed in a gay scarlet dress and his men wore their mantles of Lincoln-green cloth.

The ballads always described Robin and his merry men as dressed in green, “Lincoln green.”

Lincoln Green was an older cloth of pure English manufacture.

They were all shouting gaily, and the stream was bright with their scarlet cloaks, Lincoln-green jerkins, and gold embroidery.

I warrant he had silver buttons to his Lincoln green, but they be torn off.

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