What does "russet" mean?

Russet: Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
  2. 3.Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
  3. 4.A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. Dryden.
  4. 5.An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.

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