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ecru

[ ek-roo, ey-kroo ]

adjective

  1. very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.


noun

  1. an ecru color.

ecru

/ ˈeɪkruː; ˈɛkruː /

noun

  1. a greyish-yellow to a light greyish colour; the colour of unbleached linen


adjective

  1. of the colour ecru

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ecru1

1865–70; < French, equivalent to é- completely (< Latin ex- ex- 1 ) + cru raw (< Latin crūdus; crude )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ecru1

C19: from French, from é- (intensive) + cru raw, from Latin crūdus; see crude

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Example Sentences

Shows a large, bold pattern, cable edged, and is almost invariably in a deep écru tone.

It may be darned in one color on white, black or écru net if preferred, and with linen floss.

This is a very popular decoration for curtains and vestibule doors and is made of heavy écru or white net and braid.

Further still, a reach of pearly gray is shot with écru and crimson lake, faint veins of white, or scars of sullen black.

I wore my écru batiste with the heavy white embroidery and the écru bonnet with the wreath of pink and red roses.

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