RUSSETa.
[L. russus. See Red and Ruddy.]
1. Of a reddish brown color; as a russet mantle.
Our summer such a russet livery wears.
2. Coarse; homespun; rustic.
RUSSETn.
A country dress.
RUSSET
RUSSETING, n. A kind of apple of a russet color and rough skin. [I have never known a pear so called in America, though it seems that in England pears have this name.]