olive drab


olive drab

noun

Definition of OLIVE DRAB

1
: a grayish olive
2
a : a wool or cotton fabric of an olive drab color b : a uniform of this fabric

Examples of OLIVE DRAB

  1. a shirt in olive drab
  2. The soldiers were dressed in olive drab.

First Known Use of OLIVE DRAB

1878

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