chestnut

When he opens it, the violin gleams with the sheen of a freshly split chestnut.

All that being said, even before their buoyant off-year performance those widespread reports of Democrats’ demise were greatly ... well, we’ll leave that Mark Twain chestnut alone.

American-grown chestnuts have been rare since a blight hit our native species over a century ago.

His chestnut pony, Starburst, is as spirited and high-strung as Rainbow is gentle and sweet.

He was so good that he could look at an entire oak, pine, or even a chestnut tree, and tell you how many logs it would yield once it had been cut down.