truvat

English

Noun

truvat (plural truvats)

  1. Alternative form of trivet (“weaver's knife”)
    • 1827, Encyclopaedia Edinensis, page 486:
      He now takes a sharp pointed instrument called a truvat, and runs the point along the groove of the wire first introduced, which relieves it, and leaves the ends of the pile projecting from the cloth, and forming the shag.
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