Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Russet

Russet , adjective

[French rousset, dim. of roux red, Latin russus (for rudtus, rudhtus), akin to English red. See Red, and compare Roussette.]

1.
Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
The morn, in russet mantle clad. — Shakespeare
Our summer such a russet livery wears. — Dryden
2.
Coarse; homespun; rustic. [Rare] — Shakespeare

Russet , noun

1.
A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
2.
Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
3.
A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. — Dryden
4.
An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.