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Cravat
Definitions
- 1 A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.
"It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar."
- 2 neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front wordnet
- 3 A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women. historical
- 4 A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.
- 1 To adorn with a cravat; to tie a cravat, or something resembling a cravat, around the neck. rare, transitive
Etymology
From French cravate, an appellative use of Cravate (“Croat”), from Dutch Krawaat, from German Krawatte, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt/Хр̀ва̄т (“Croat”). The cravat is regarded as originating from a linen scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries which was adopted into French fashion in the 17th century. Doublet of Croat.
From French cravate, an appellative use of Cravate (“Croat”), from Dutch Krawaat, from German Krawatte, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt/Хр̀ва̄т (“Croat”). The cravat is regarded as originating from a linen scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries which was adopted into French fashion in the 17th century. Doublet of Croat.
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