Russet /(?)/

Rus·set

Russet

a.
  1. 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.
    The morn, in russet mantle clad.
    Our summer such a russet livery wears.
  2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.]

Russet

n.
  1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
  2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
  3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.
  4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.