| Lincoln green | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a yellowish-green or brownish-green colour |
| b. (as adjective): a Lincoln-green suit | |
| 2. | a cloth of this colour |
| [C16: so named after a green fabric formerly made at | |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |