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- 1. bright green woolen cloth originally made at Lincoln, England. historical
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Lincoln green is the colour of dyed woollen cloth formerly originating in Lincoln, England, a major cloth town during the high Middle Ages. The dyers of Lincoln, known for colouring wool with woad to give it a strong blue shade, [2] created the eponymous Lincoln green by overdyeing this blue wool with yellow weld or dyers' broom.
Definition of Lincoln green noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. : a woolen of Lincoln green formerly worn by foresters. 2. or lincoln green : a moderate olive green that is yellower and paler than forest green (see forest green sense 2), yellower, lighter, and slightly stronger than cypress and greener and slightly duller than holly green (see holly green sense 2)
Lincoln green definition: an olive-green color.. See examples of LINCOLN GREEN used in a sentence.
Lincoln green is a dark, highly saturated shade of green with the hex code #478778, famous as the clothing color of Robin Hood’s Merry Men. Lincoln green was originally made by overdying blue, woad-tinted fabric with a yellow dye.
1. a. a yellowish-green or brownish-green colour. b. ( as adjective) a Lincoln-green suit. 2. a cloth of this colour. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: so named after a green fabric formerly made at Lincoln, England. Lincoln-green in British English. (ˈlɪŋkən ɡriːn ) adjective.
Lincoln green meaning, definition, what is Lincoln green: (cloth of) a bright green colour origina...: Learn more.
