a. rare. [ad. L. umbrōsus, f. umbra shade. Cf. Sp. and Pg. umbroso, It. ombroso, OF. ombros.]
1. Shady; giving shade.
a. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc., 75. Hyng it in ane vmbrose place vnto þat þer be had nede þer-of.
1721. Bailey, Umbrose, shady, casting a great Shade.
1871. Macdonald, Wks. Fancy & Imag., Roadside Poems, III. 187. Still as a pool in its own place, Unsunned within an umbrose wood.
2. Ornith. Dusky.
1783. Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, IV. 437. Umbrose W[arbler];… upper parts greyish brown: on the back obscurely marked with black.
