ˈdeer-ˌcoloured,a. Of the colour of a deer; tawny-red. 1611Cotgr., Blond..bright tawnie, or deer-coloured.1688Lond.Gaz.No. 2408/4 A brown Gelding [with]..Deer-coloured Haunches.1746–7Mrs. Delany Autobiog. (1861) II. 447 A flowered silk..on a pale deer-coloured figured ground.