light blue

noun — 2 senses

light blue

noun

Etymology From Middle English light blewe, equivalent to light + blue.

1

A pale blue colour: sky blue or similar.

2

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Rowing, Sports UK A member of the Cambridge rowing team.

  • The university did not touch my world directly but you couldn't be a boy in Oxford without supporting the dark blues against the Cambridge light blues, in the boat race […]2018, Will Wyatt, Oxford Boy: A Post-War Townie Childhood:

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