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Isabella, a. (n.)|ɪzəˈbɛlə|
Also 7 iz-.
[From the female name Isabella, F. Isabelle.]
1. Greyish yellow; light buff. Like other colour names, also used as n.
(Various stories have been put forth to account for the name. That given in D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (Article Anecdotes of Fashion), and also in Littré, associating it with the archduchess Isabella and the siege of Ostend 1601–1604, is shown by our first quotation to be chronologically impossible.)
1600(July) Inv. Queen's Garderobe in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. (1823) III. 505 Item, one rounde gowne of Isabella-colour satten,..set with silver spangles. 1622Peacham Compl. Gent. (1661) 156 Isabella colour signifieth Beauty. 1689Lond. Gaz. No. 2459/4 A new red Coat with an Izabella colour Lining. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 71 Is in Shape like the Rousselet, of a very light Isabella Colour, like the Martin Sec. 1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 59 From the names of persons, as Isabella-yellow, now called Cream-yellow. 1811Pinkerton Petral. I. 329 Of a yellowish grey, verging on Isabella colour. 1870A. L. Adams Nile Valley, etc. 38 The desert lark..is..of a light Isabella colour above, and white below.
2. Applied to varieties of fruits:
a. A kind of peach.
b. A species of North American grape (Vitis Labrusca) with large fruit, sometimes purple, often green and red.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 210 Peaches. Nutmeg, Isabella, Persian [etc.]. 1835–40Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 197 In an arbor, surrounded with honeysuckle, and Isabella grape. 1846Knickerbocker XXVII. 419 A snaky looking vine..from which glorious bunches of Catawbas and Isabellas may be gathered. 1863Handbk. Bot. 292 The Isabella..varieties of this species. 1864[see Concord n.2 2]. 1949Amer. Photography Apr. 244/1 Vitis labrusca..has furnished the catawba,..the Concord,..and the Isabella.
3. Comb., as Isabella-coloured adj.
1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. iv. §31 (1689) 59 Isabella coloured mohair. 1686tr. Chardin's Trav. 371 All the Nysain horses were Isabella coloured. 1835Penny Cycl. IV. 89/2 Isabella-coloured Bear, Ursus Isabellinus. 1858J. R. Planché tr. C'tess D'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, P'cess Belle-Etoile & Pr. Cheri 573 She mounted an Isabella-coloured horse; the black mane of which was dressed with rows of diamonds. |