Russet \Rus"set\, n. 1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color. [1913 Webster] 2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color. [1913 Webster] 3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the {English russet}, and the {Roxbury russet}. [1913 Webster]