Lincoln green

noun

1. an olive-green color.
2. British Obsolete. a forester's outfit, perhaps of bright green:

   clad in Lincoln green.

Lincoln green

noun

1. 1. a yellowish-green or brownish-green colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      a Lincoln-green suit

2. a cloth of this colour

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lincoln green¹

1500–10; so called from the color of a fabric originally made in Lincoln, England

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lincoln green¹

C16: so named after a green fabric formerly made at Lincoln , England

Example Sentences

Robin was clothed in a gay scarlet dress and his men wore their mantles of Lincoln-green cloth.

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The ballads always described Robin and his merry men as dressed in green, “Lincoln green.”

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Lincoln Green was an older cloth of pure English manufacture.

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They were all shouting gaily, and the stream was bright with their scarlet cloaks, Lincoln-green jerkins, and gold embroidery.

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I warrant he had silver buttons to his Lincoln green, but they be torn off.

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