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Camotint

noun

Etymology

Blend of camouflage + tint, coined by inventor Sidney Cotton.

  1. derived from tinctus
  2. derived from teinte
  3. compounded as camotint — “camouflage + tint”

Definitions

  1. Any of several pale camouflage colours used by the British Royal Air Force during World…

    Any of several pale camouflage colours used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II, especially Camotint green.

    • Then an F.24 camera was installed in each wing, and the whole airframe painted in a pale duck-egg green 'Camotint' finish for 'invisibility.'
    • But by the time it left Habbaniya it had been transformed into a civilian aircraft GAGAR and once again painted in the Camotint blue-green camouflage.
    • Then Niven took off on September 1 in a single-engined Beech 17 which had been painted in Camotint, and photographed Wilhelmshaven once more.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Camotint.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA