dove-coloured

Immediately Huxter perceived the direction which they took, they ceased looking after the dove-coloured nymph, and they turned and looked into Sam

The History of Pendennis 2006

Her dress was of a dove-coloured material, with a bonnet to match, a little tufted white feather resting on the top, like a truce-flag between the blood of noble and vassal.

The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

She preceded him down the staircase with the taper light in her hand, looking unnaturally tall and thin in the long dove-coloured dressing-gown she wore.

A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

As he was drinking and talking on in an engaging manner, a young lady in a shot dove-coloured dress, with a white parasol lined with pink, and the prettiest dove-coloured boots that ever stepped, passed by Pen, leaning on the arm of a stalwart gentleman with a military moustache.

The History of Pendennis 2006

Once he spoiled a new dove-coloured pelisse of hers.

Vanity Fair 2006

When Arthur left No. 2002, he went to pay his respects to the carriage to which, and to the side of her mamma, the dove-coloured author of Mes Larmes had by this time returned.

The History of Pendennis 2006

It was a beautiful and sober dawn, a dove-coloured dawn, insensibly brightening to gold.

Vailima Letters 2005

Then my eyes cleared and I found myself looking at the inside of a car upholstered in some soft dove-coloured fabric, and beautifully finished off in ivory and silver.

Greenmantle 2005

The wife of Saigo, the Minister of Education, called one day in an exquisite Japanese dress of dove-coloured silk crepe, with a pale pink under-dress of the same material, which showed a little at the neck and sleeves.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

Her girdle was of rich dove-coloured silk, with a ghost of a pale pink blossom hovering upon it here and there.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004