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khaki [Hindi,=dust-colored], closely twilled cloth of linen or cotton, dyed a dust color. It was first used (1848) for uniforms for the English regiment of Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden in India and later became the official color for British army uniforms, as well as for those of other countries. It became popular for hunting and outdoor wear, as in the uniforms of groups such as the Boy Scouts, and for heavy working clothes.

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Â© The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

khaki n. pl. khakis
1. a textile fabric of a dull brownish-yellow color, in particular a strong cotton fabric used in military clothing.

2. (khakis) clothing, especially pants, of this fabric and color.
mid 19th cent.: from an Urdu word meaning ‘dust-colored.’

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khaki dull-brownish yellow; fabric of this colour. XIX. — Urdu ḵākī dusty, f. ḵāk (— Pers.) dust.

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