| 释义 |
russet-coated, a.
[russet a. 1 e. Cf. also prec.]
Wearing a russet coat; rustic, homely.
1596R. Linche Diella (1877) 69 With this, hee seekes a russet-coated Tree, and straight disclothes him of his long-worne weed. 1643Cromwell Let. Sept. in Carlyle, A plain russet-coated Captain who knows what he fights for. 1683Tryon Way to Health 394 As great content and satisfaction with his poor Russet-Coated Wife, as the greatest Prince with his Gayest Bride. 1867Carlyle Reminis. (1881) II. 31 It looks to me now like a kind of humble russet-coated epic. |