isabella; isabel; isabelline; dingy greyish-yellow color, as of unwashed underwear. The term was used by Walton and Cotton to describe the colour of a fly, and a couple of other authors have used it since. It is the same colour as the unwashed wool from a ram´s testicles. It has also been described as "light dun yellow". J Chetham "The Angler´s Vade Mecum ( 1689) also mentions Isabella coloured mohair.
It purportedly stems from this;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelline_%28colour%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelline_%28colour%29)
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Quote from: Traditionalist on October 25, 2011, 08:43:35 PM
It is the same colour as the unwashed wool from a ram´s testicles.
And I guess it is probably safer to gather for those Tupp's Indispensables . :D
Soundz a bit " shearney " to me :wink:
Quote from: guest on October 25, 2011, 09:25:27 PM
Soundz a bit " shearney " to me :wink:
Indeed, but it's not quite such an olive as fresh cow shit.
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