Lincoln green

American  

noun

1. an olive-green color.

2. British Obsolete.  a forester's outfit, perhaps of bright green.

   clad in Lincoln green.

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Lincoln green British  

noun

1. 1. a yellowish-green or brownish-green colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a Lincoln-green suit

2. a cloth of this colour

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Etymology

Origin of Lincoln green

1500–10; so called from the color of a fabric originally made in Lincoln, England

Example Sentences

The family's solicitors, Ison Harrison, said Ms Berihew was concerned about one of her children falling from the window after becoming aware of the death of six-year-old Liam Shackleton, who fell from the window of a neighbouring tower block at Lincoln Green, in 2011.

From BBC

Officers also recovered Mr Barrott's silver Toyota Avensis from the Lincoln Green area of Leeds shortly before 19:00 BST on Tuesday.

From BBC

The Shearbridge and University area of Bradford recorded 37 cases in a week while in Leeds, where the rate has also risen steeply, there were 24 in the Lincoln Green and St James area.

From BBC

O’Neil Wildgoose, 43, said he, his wife and their dog spent two days on the roof of their home in Freeport’s Lincoln Green neighborhood, ravaged by a 12-foot storm surge that “came like a tsunami.”

From New York Times

This man was as notable as the sycamore, far he stood or lay seven feet without his shoes, and he was dressed in nothing but a kind of kilt made of Lincoln green worsted.

From Literature