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Definition of 'russet'English
Noun
A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric.
Country dress; homespun cloth.
A reddish-brown color.
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Variety of apple of russet-colored, rough skin.
Variety of potato with dark gray-brown, rough skin.
Adjective
( en-adj)
Having a reddish-brown color.
Gray or ash-colored (antiquated usage).
- "Russet-pated" (gray hair). Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream , iii. 2.
Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
- Shakespeare, Loves Labour's Lost , V. 2
"Condition of leather when it is finished, excepting the operations of coloring and polishing the surface." (From 1880s British/American dictionary.)
Derived terms
* russet apple (see above)
* russet potato (see above)
* russeting
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