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.