nut-brown

2 definitions found

nut-brown - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nut-brown \Nut"-brown`\, a.
     Brown as a nut long kept and dried. "The spicy nutbrown ale."
     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

  brunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, adj.
     1. being or having dark-colored skin and hair; contrasted
        with blond. [Narrower terms: adust, sunburned burned  brown by the sun
        ; black, brown; black-haired,  dark-haired
        ; browned, suntanned, tanned; grizzled,  roan
        ; nutbrown]
        [WordNet 1.5] brunet