lovat

lovat

a variegated color, chiefly green, with shades of blue, gray, etc., characteristic of some tweeds

Origin of lovat

probably after Lovat, locality in the shire of Inverness

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Noun

(plural lovats)

A dusty green-blue colour.

Adjective

(not comparable)

Of a dusty green-blue colour.

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It comes in lovat check, hibiscus red or fennel seed.
Dvina, the Dnieper, and even the Lovat and the Oka, take their rise (in the N.W.
On the right bank of the river is the site of Lovat Castle, which once belonged to the Bissets, but was presented by James VI.
This was replaced by several castles in succession, of which one - Castle Dounie - was taken by Cromwell and burned by the duke of Cumberland in 1746, the conflagration being witnessed from a neighbouring hill by Simon, Lord Lovat, before his capture on Loch Morar.
In 1847 he wrote his biographies of Simon, Lord Lovat, and of Duncan Forbes, and in 1849 prepared for Chambers's Series manuals of political and social economy and of emigration.

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