† ˈplumby, a. Her. Obs.
[ad. OF. plomé (a 1449 in Godef.) lead-coloured:—L. plumbātus, pa. pple. of plumbāre to make of lead.]
Lead-coloured. In quot. 1586 app. confused with plummy a.2, as if it meant ‘plum-coloured’.
| 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. a iij, The iiij. stone is calde a Margarete a clowdy stone, plumby hit is calde in armys. 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 246 Purple was called Plumby. |