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

Police arrested one of the suspects at the scene and recovered a rifle, Green said.

From Los Angeles Times

First and foremost were various members of Miss Cavell's training school in Belgium; and, of course, the 'London,' in their dark rifle green, had a prominent place in the great company of nurses of all grades, ambassadors and delegates of their noble profession.

From Project Gutenberg

“Yes,” cried Punch, “the Rifle green with the red collars and cuffs.”

From Project Gutenberg

Unfortunately they did not then wear the famous 'rifle green' but the ordinary red.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg