I. ˈlegˌhȯrn, -eˌgȯ-, -ȯ(ə)n, ˈlegə(r)n; with reference to fowls ˈlegə(r)n is usual in US & leˈgȯ(ə)n or lə̇ˈg- in Brit adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Leghorn, Italy
: of or from the city of Leghorn, Italy : of the kind or style prevalent in Leghorn
II. noun
Etymology: from Leghorn, Italy, its place of exportation
1. -s
a. : a fine plaited straw made from an Italian wheat that is usually cut green and bleached
a terrific hat of natural leghorn — Lois Long
b. : a hat or bonnet of this straw
had they new hats or last year's leghorns — Atlantic
2.
a. usually capitalized : a Mediterranean breed of rather small hardy nonbroody domestic fowls having smooth yellow legs, white ear lobes, and rose or single combs, laying numbers of white eggs of good size, and occurring in several color varieties — see white leghorn
b. -s often capitalized : any bird of this breed
3. -s : a pale yellow that is deeper and slightly redder than ivory, redder and deeper than cream, and redder and less strong than straw yellow