rifle green

British  

noun

1. 1. a dark olive green, as in the uniforms of certain rifle regiments

   2. ( as adjective )

      rifle-green cloth

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Example Sentences

But though Wolfe's Royal Americans did not wear the rifle green, and though their coats and waistcoats were of common red, their uniforms differed from those of all other regiments at Quebec in several particulars.

From The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolf by Wrong, George McKinnon

The German sergeant threw up his hand and darted forward on the run as lithe forms in rifle green were seen quickly swarming out of the woods encircling the old mansion.

From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Savage, Richard