Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
The wood of a chestnut tree.
A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
A reddish-brown horse.
A nut of this tree or shrub.
An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
The horse-chestnut.
Of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”)
In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
Tawny owl.
Tawny frogmouth.
The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
A light brown to brownish orange colour.
Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).
To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.