Nutbrown

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nutbrown
       adj : of the color of nuts; "nutbrown hair"