seal brown

American  

noun

1. a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.

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seal brown British  

noun

1. 1. a dark brown colour often with a yellowish or greyish tinge

   2. ( as adjective )

      a seal-brown dress

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Other Word Forms

• seal-brown
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of seal brown

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

In their places, Mark Bavaro, Joe Morris, Pepper Johnson and the rest of the Giants’ Over the Hill Gang would play out their golden years in seal brown and orange.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2012

Her rich costume of seal brown, plush with ruchings of feathers, the coquettish hat to match with the jaunty ostrich plume were becoming in the extreme and gave an air of richness and refined elegance.

From Marguerite Verne by Armour, Rebecca Agatha

Laramie has a seal brown goat, with iron gray chin whiskers and a breath like new mown hay.

From Remarks by Nye, Bill

Approaching a highland of emerald green and seal brown, I heard the wild shouting of hawks from the summit, and from below the shrill chattering of millions of auks with baby families.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.

She was a rich seal brown, large and determined, and had left a husband on his honor, in town.

From The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches by Winslow, Carleton M.