OMBRE

[om.bre] n [F or Sp; F hombre, fr. Sp, lit., man--more at hombre] (ca. 1661): an old three-handed card game popular in Europe esp. in the 17th and 18th centuries om.bre adj [F, pp. of ombrer to shade, fr. It ombrare, fr. ombra shade, fr. L umbra--more at umbrage] (ca. 1896): having colors or tones that shade into each other--used esp. of fabrics in which the color is graduated from light to dark -- ombre n