Having, or being of, this colour.

Tawny. Obsolete. rare.

? obsolete form of tawny, adj. n.

‘Tawny’ as a heraldic colour: variously described as ‘orange-brown’ or ‘bright chestnut’; in engraving represented by diagonal lines from sinister to…

of the tawny colour characteristic of lions; also n.

Of a dull yellowish-brown colour; tan-coloured or brownish-yellow with a tinge of orange.

Somewhat tawny; tanned.

the bronzing of the skin produced by exposure; occasionally as adj., tan or tawny-coloured.