Meaning of carky | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of khaki.

alt-of, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“The infantry regiments, for the most part, are dressed in linen frocks, dyed carky or gray slate colour — slate-blue trowsers, and shakoes protected by puggeries, or linen covers, from the sun. The peculiarity of carky is, that the dyer seems to be unable to match⟳ it in any two pieces, and that it exhibits endless varieties of shade, varying with every washing; so that the effect is rather various than pleasing on the march⟳ or on the parade-ground. But the officers, as I have⟳ said, do not confine themselves to carky or anything else. […] The coat may be of any cut⟳ or material; but shooting-jackets hold⟳ their own⟳ in the highest posts, and a carky-coloured jerkin, with a few inches of iron⟳ curb chain sewed on the shoulders to resist⟳ sabre-cuts, is a general favourite.”

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