olive drab

Definition of olive drab

1 : a grayish olive

2a : a wool or cotton fabric of an olive drab color

b : a uniform of this fabric

Examples of olive drab in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web In 1980, fashion designer Oscar de la Renta came up with their iconic look: khaki shirts, olive drab pants. — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, "‘Now it’s out ... America knows.’ Maryland men tell of decades-old child sexual abuse amid Boy Scouts bankruptcy.," 13 Nov. 2020 The load, available in 50-count boxes, features an olive drab green bullet with a muzzle velocity of 1,850 fps. — Field & Stream, "A Better Approach," 2 Oct. 2020 There are prosecutors in suits and ties and soldiers in olive drab camouflage and combat boots. — Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, "Inside America’s War Court: Clothing and Culture at Guantánamo Bay," 27 Dec. 2019 Dozens of Chinese troops, dressed in black shorts and olive drab T-shirts, ran out in loose formation and picked up paving stones, rocks and other obstacles that had cluttered the street. — Washington Post, "Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters," 18 Nov. 2019 The machined aluminum handles are lightweight and anodized olive drab. — Matt Foster, Outdoor Life, "The Best Knives of SHOT Show 2020," 31 Jan. 2020 Dozens of Chinese troops, dressed in black shorts and olive drab T-shirts, ran out in loose formation and picked up paving stones, rocks and other obstacles that had cluttered the street. — Washington Post, "Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters," 18 Nov. 2019 Dozens of Chinese troops, dressed in black shorts and olive drab T-shirts, ran out in loose formation and picked up paving stones, rocks and other obstacles that had cluttered the street. — Washington Post, "Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters," 18 Nov. 2019 Dozens of Chinese troops, dressed in black shorts and olive drab T-shirts, ran out in loose formation and picked up paving stones, rocks and other obstacles that had cluttered the street. — Washington Post, "Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters," 18 Nov. 2019

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25 Nov 2020

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“Olive drab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olive%20drab. Accessed 20 Jan. 2021.

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