tawny

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

1. 1
   Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

Verb

1. 1
   To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
2. 2
   To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

Noun

1. 1
   A light brown to brownish orange colour.
2. 2
   A light brown to brownish orange colour: Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”).
3. 3
   Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).
4. 4
   Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name): The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
5. 5
   In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
6. 6
   A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
7. 7
   A person with skin of a brown colour.
8. 8
   Tawny frogmouth.
9. 9
   Tawny owl.