tawny Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather
    tawny-brown.

WordNet

Taw"ny adjective
Etymology
F. tanné, p.p. of tanner to tan. See Tan, v. t. & n. Cf. Tenné.
Wordforms
comparative Tawnier ; superlative Tawniest
Definitions
  1. Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion. "A leopard's tawny and spotted hide." Longfellow.

Webster 1913