Meaning of dustcoloured | Babel Free

Examples

“Mother Earth, at their devastating touch, falls into a death-like swoon — her green mantle overlaid by a dustcoloured shroud.”

“By giving away a dustcoloured cow, with a calf and a vessel of white brass for malking her, and covered with a piece of cloth, one acquires great honours in the region of the WindGod.”

“1840 Public promenade dress: short silk pelisse-robe, ornamented en tablier. Riding costume (as worn by Her Majesty) of brown cloth; black silk cravat; black beaver hat; white veil. Morning visiting dress of dustcoloured silk en demi-redingote (W)”

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