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

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

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

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