oxblood

noun

Etymology

From ox + blood.

  1. inherited from *bʰel-
  2. inherited from *blōþą
  3. inherited from *blōd
  4. inherited from blōd
  5. inherited from blood
  6. compounded as oxblood — “ox + blood

Definitions

  1. A dark brownish-red colour.

  2. The blood of an ox.

    • […] we can change clothes, and with the aid of a bottle of oxblood, which is secreted about my person, we will deceive the tyrant, and spare a nobleman who does honour to Japan.
  3. Of a dark brownish-red colour.

    • He was tall and lean, with lank fair hair and a square jaw, togged out in tweeds and a checked shirt and scuffed, oxblood brogues.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA