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1500–10; so called from the color of a fabric originally made in Lincoln, England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

It centres on the origins of the man who, according to legend, did his good deeds dressed in Lincoln green – although, ever the revisionist, Scott has mischievously dropped that particular hue from his movie.

From The Guardian • May 10, 2010

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 "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Is that our Lincoln green among the prisoners?

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred

Withal we made a brave array on the woodland roads and one of which the boldest band of outlaws with their bows and bills and coats of Lincoln green might well beware.

From Cedric, the Forester by Marshall, Bernard Gay

The outlaws—for such they seemed—were roughly clad in gray homespun and Lincoln green, and armed with bows and quarterstaves.

From Cedric, the Forester by Marshall, Bernard Gay