Kendal green

English

Noun

Kendal green (countable and uncountable, plural Kendal greens)

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?
A light greyish-green colour, like that of the cloth.
Kendal green:

Adjective

Kendal green (not comparable)

Of a light greyish-green colour.

See also

Appendix:Colors

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