Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
Inactive; undeveloped.
Uncultivated land.
The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.
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.