khaki vs livery

khaki

noun
  • A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms. 

  • khaki (Pantone) 

  • A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops, originally in the Second Boer War; compare rooinek). (In this sense the plural generally is khakies.) 

  • khaki green 

  • A soldier wearing a khaki uniform. 

  • Khaki clothing or uniform. 

  • Khaki green, a dull green colour. 

  • A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. 

adj
  • Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust. 

livery

noun
  • A low grade of wool. 

  • The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money. 

  • The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies. 

  • Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants. 

  • Release from wardship; deliverance. 

  • The delivery of property from one owner to the next. 

  • The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles. 

  • An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc. 

  • Outward markings, fittings or appearance 

  • The writ by which property is obtained. 

  • A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental. 

  • A taxicab or limousine. 

adj
  • Like liver. 

  • Queasy, liverish. 

How often have the words khaki and livery occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )