lovat

American  

[luhv-uht] / ˈlʌv ət /

noun

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

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lovat British  

/ ˈlʌvət /

noun

1. a yellowish-green or bluish-green mixture, esp in tweeds or woollens

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Etymology

Origin of lovat

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

Example Sentences

Oliver Lovat, a real-estate consultant at the Denstone Group who serves as an adviser to several Vegas casino properties, said I needed to understand that cheaper games are no longer economically prudent in the city.

From Slate

“It’s not viable to run a $5 blackjack table anymore. You will lose money running $5 blackjack,” Lovat said.

From Slate

Between inflation, upkeep, and labor costs—including a Nevada minimum wage that jumped to $12 last year—Lovat argued, the salad days of low-minimum blackjack have been legislated out of the fray.

From Slate

And he throws in seemingly extraneous references to British troops hearing bagpipes and to Lord Lovat of Scotland.

From Los Angeles Times

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