tawney

¹ American  

[taw-nee] / ˈtɔ ni /

adjective

tawnier, tawniest

1. tawny.

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Tawney ² American  

[taw-nee, tey-] / ˈtɔ ni, ˈteɪ- /

noun

1. Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.

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Tawney British  

/ ˈtɔːnɪ /

noun

1. R ( ichard ) H ( enry ). 1880–1962, British economic historian, born in India. His chief works are The Acquisitive Society (1920), Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1926), and Equality (1931)

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Example Sentences

In Summer they are of a tawney brown, but in Winter of a delicate white all over, except the tip of the tail, which is of a glossy black.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.

Sir Philip Calthorpe, a Norfolk knight, sent as much cloth of fine French tawney, as would make him a gown, to a tailor in Norwich.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 326, August 9, 1828 by Various

Item—A coat of tawney damask, purfled with velvet, appertaining to our Lady.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 577, July 7, 1827 by Various

Six yards of tawney medley at 13s. 4d. a yard, with a fur of black budge rated at £10, is the warrant for 1592.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

Carol, a long tawney coat, with a red cap, and a flute at his girdle, his torch-bearer carrying a song-book open.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.