‖ feuillemorte, a.
(fœjmɔrt)
More commonly in anglicized and corrupted forms: see filemot.
[Fr.; lit. ‘dead leaf’.]
Of the colour of a dead or faded leaf, brown or yellowish brown.
| 1690 Locke Hum. Und. iii. xi. (ed. 3) 294 To make a Country-man understand what Feuillemorte Colour signifies. 1876 Ouida Winter City ii. 22 She had feuille morte velvet slashed with the palest of ambers. |
b. Comb., as feuillemorte-coloured adj.
| 1840 H. Ainsworth Tower of London ix, An ample feuillemorte coloured cloak. |