Greyish old French bread? Recipe's included (4)
I believe the answer is:
ecru
'greyish old french' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'bread? recipe's included' is the wordplay.
'bread?' becomes 'ecu' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'recipe' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in medical prescriptions).
'included' indicates putting letters inside.
'ecu' enclosing 'r' is 'ECRU'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ecru that I've seen before include "The Color" , "Pale, creamy brown" , "No bright colour" , "Strange cure for a colour" , "Light fawn colour" .)