Definition of "khaki" in Anglais

noun

1. A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

2. Khaki green, a dull green colour.

   • 1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54. The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10.
   • 2007, Yuji Matsuki, American Fighters Over Europe: Colors & Markings of USAAF Fighters in WWII, page 4, →ISBN. At the end of World War I, the U.S. Army Air Service painted everything khaki. This khaki was practically the same as British PC10 and can be considered the basis of the later olive drab color.
   • The very loose seroual trousers were made in both sand-khaki drill, and in winter-weight khaki wool for wear with the M1946 battledress blouse.

3. A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

4. (rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.

5. (South Africa, derogatory, slang) A British person.

6. (chiefly in the plural) Khaki clothing or uniform.

   • 1915 Out West magazine The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat.

adjective

1. Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.