Kendal green

English

Noun

Kendal green (countable and uncountable, plural Kendal greens)

1. A coarse green woolen cloth.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

     How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green?

2. A light greyish-green colour, like that of the cloth.

   Kendal green:  

Adjective

Kendal green (not comparable)

1. Of a light greyish-green colour.

See also

• Appendix:Colors