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butternut (-colo(u)red) 
adj. dyed brown with butternut (def. 3).
See also: butternut (def. 3)
- 1835 He . . . wore a butternut coloured surtout coat, with a fur collar, all coarse quality.
- 1889 . . . he stood on the wharf in a butternut coat. . . .
- 1924 (1933) . . . troopers in butternut suits and slouched hats marched off a small batch of us as prisoners.
- 1835 He . . . wore a butternut coloured surtout coat, with a fur collar, all coarse quality.