'Roxbury russet' definitions:
Definition of 'Roxbury russet'
From: GCIDE
- Russet \Rus"set\, n.
- 1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the {English russet}, and the Roxbury russet. [1913 Webster]