Literary notes about oat (AI summary)
Writers have at times employed “oat” as a subtle color descriptor that invokes the warm, earthy hues of the countryside. In one example, the phrase “beautiful oat‐hay” [1] captures the gentle, sunlit golden tone of freshly cut hay, evoking the rustic charm of pastoral landscapes. Similarly, the mention of “rough oat‐grass” [2] suggests a muted, natural color that deepens the texture of the rural setting. The specific reference to “yellow oat grass” [3, 4] further reinforces the connection between the color and the golden maturity of harvested fields, lending an organic vibrancy to the imagery.
- Beautiful oat-hay for our horses was obtainable in the fields for the first week or so that we were in Barberton.
— from The History of Lumsden's Horse A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment - ROUGH OAT-GRASS.—This appears to have some merits, but the foliage is extremely bitter.
— from The Botanist's Companion, Volume II Or an Introduction to the Knowledge of Practical Botany, and the Uses of Plants. Either Growing Wild in Great Britain, or Cultivated for the Puroses of Agriculture, Medicine, Rural Oeconomy, or the Arts by William Salisbury - Avena flavescens , L. (Yellow Oat-grass).
— from Grasses: A Handbook for use in the Field and Laboratory by H. Marshall (Harry Marshall) Ward - 7. Yellow Oat Grass.
— from Field and Woodland Plants by William S. Furneaux
