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levant
1[li-vant]
verb (used without object)
to leave secretly or hurriedly to avoid paying debts.
Levant
2[li-vant]
noun
the lands bordering the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Also called Levant morocco.a superior grade of morocco leather having a large and prominent grain, originally made in the Levant.
levant
1/ ɪˈæԳ /
noun
a type of leather made from the skins of goats, sheep, or seals, having a pattern of irregular creases
levant
2/ ɪˈæԳ /
verb
(intr) to bolt or abscond, esp to avoid paying debts
Levant
3/ ɪˈæԳ /
noun
a former name for the area of the E Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
Other 51Թ Forms
- levanter noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of levant1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of levant1
Origin of levant2
Origin of levant3
Example Sentences
Anyhow, if I'm booked to cash in, I don't mind giving you a show to levant.
At bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
I was only too glad to take it and a couple more, for which I paid him at once; and next evening, at dinner, I heard that he had levanted.
It is only appropriate for crushed levant, being dependent for its beauty on the polished surface of the leather.
According to a common rule the only cattle allowed to use the village pasture was that which was constantly kept in the village, levant e couchant en le maner.
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