russet
adjective
[ ˈrʌsɪt ]
• reddish brown in colour.
• "the russet bracken"
• rustic; homely.
• "that terse and epigrammatic style, with its russet Saxon"
russet
noun
• a reddish-brown colour.
• "the woods in autumn are a riot of russet and gold"
• a dessert apple of a variety with a slightly rough brownish skin.
• a coarse homespun reddish-brown or grey cloth used for simple clothing.
Origin:
Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French rousset, diminutive of rous ‘red’, from Provençal ros, from Latin russus ‘red’.
