Definition of russet
- a. - Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray;
of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but
unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and
yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
- a. - Coarse; homespun; rustic.
- n. - A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
- n. - Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
- n. - A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet
color.
- n. - An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English
russet, and the Roxbury russet.