How to pronounce“drab”in English
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Definitions of “drab”
A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
“John Hanſell, of Bridport, in Dorſetſhire, ſail-cloth manufacturer, ſtates in his evidence, that the ſale of coarſe woollen cloath was not then a twentieth part of what it had been for the common people formerly, owing to their ſubſtituting Ruſſia drabs and ravenſduck as garments in place of the coarſe woollens.”
The color of this fabric.
“Most of the colours called drabs appear to me the same by day-light and candle-light.”
Of the color of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun.
“The coffee presently appeared, brought not as usual by the footman, in scarlet and drab, but by the old butler, in threadbare but well-brushed black, [...]”
Particularly of color: dull, uninteresting.
“[T]he man was about fifty-two—had a ſmall cane under his arm—was dreſs'd in a dark drab-colour'd coat, waiſtcoat, and breeches, which ſeem'd to have seen ſome years ſervice—they were ſtill clean, and there was a little air of frugal propretè throughout him.”
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