Synonyms:
dun
Meaning: of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
dun
Meaning: horse of a dull brownish grey color
Usage examples
"I dun know nothing about it.
The dun, unless under special judges, invariably beats the chocolate at the shows.
A dun herd of armoured cars stood under the trees in the court-yard, engines going.
The body should be one bright, uniform, even colour, not clouded, either rich fawn, dun, or ash.
"I may add that we lately have had four kittens from the chocolate cat by a pure dun Siamese he-cat.
I take it, therefore, that the true breed, by consensus of opinion, is that of the dun, fawn, or ash-coloured ground, with black points.
He tied his big dun in a clump of brush on the arroyo, took his Winchester from its scabbard, and carefully approached the Perez /jacal/.
When the form of Sandridge had disappeared, loping his big dun down the steep banks of the Frio crossing, the Kid crept back to his own horse, mounted him, and rode back along the tortuous trail he had come.
"The dun Siamese we have has won whenever shown; the body is of a dun colour, nose, part of the face, ears, feet, and tail of a very dark chocolate brown, nearly black, eyes of a beautiful blue by day, and of a red colour at night!
All the young are dun coloured, and when born were very light, nearly white, but are gradually getting the dark points of the parents; in fact, I expect that one will turn chocolate. The cats are very affectionate, and make charming ladies' pets, but are rather more delicate than our cats, but after they have once wintered in England they seem to get acclimatised.