hue and cry

Kobo Abeの小説 "The Woman in the Dunes" を読んでいます。

この小説は珍しく、登場人物の名前が出てきません。砂で囲まれた村に捕らわれた主人公は村からの脱出を考えています。

But that did not mean that the problem was solved. For example, there was the lookout in the fire tower. He was also worried that the woman, upon noticing his disappearance, might set up a hue and cry and that the village gates would be closed before he could get out.

"hue and cry" の "hue" は色合いとか色調なでの意味で見かける単語ですが、"hue and cry" ではどんな意味になるのでしょうか？　辞書を見ます。

・Oxford English Dictionary: strong public protest about something: Further cuts in welfare have raised a hue and cry among the American public.
・Collins Dictionary: If people raise a hue and cry about something, they protest angrily about it.: Just as the show ended, he heard a huge hue and cry outside.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a noisy expression of public anger or disapproval: There has been a great hue and cry about the council's plans to close the school.

何故この意味になるのに "hue" が使われているのか不思議に思ったので "hue" の項を見ると、 "hue" に(obsolete) A shout or cry.（from Wiktionary）の意味があったが、現在はこの意味では使われなくなった様です。