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lovat

[ luhv-uht ]

noun

  1. a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.


lovat

/ ˈlʌvət /

noun

  1. a yellowish-green or bluish-green mixture, esp in tweeds or woollens
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lovat1

First recorded in 1905–10; probably after Thomas Alexander Fraser, Lord Lovat (1802–75), who popularized tweeds in muted colors as hunters' dress
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lovat1

named after Lovat, Inverness-shire
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Example Sentences

The 75-year-old says her father rarely talked about the war, despite being in the company of Lord Lovat’s Commando force and Bill Millen, the Canadian whose bagpipe-playing during the landings was immortalised in the 1962 film The Longest Day.

From BBC

He's a minister in the Free Church of Scotland at Kiltarlity Free Church and chaplain of Lovat Shinty Club which is based in Kiltarlity.

From BBC

From there, Lovat joined the women’s water polo team at Iona University.

A former aquatics standout at Huntington Beach High School, Lovat was serving as a city lifeguard before her planned return for her senior year at Iona University in New Rochelle, N.Y., in August.

On Monday, July 3, one of our Huntington Beach lifeguards, Elizabeth Lovat, sustained a spinal injury while performing her duties.

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