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cravat

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11
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13
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6
Pronunciation
/kɹəˈvat/
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/kɹəˈvat/ · /kɹəˈvæt/

Definition of cravat

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
    “I'm not like, a fashion person, so maybe I just don't get it, but I don't even understand how you're going to match. What, are you going to get like... a cravat that's the same color as her dress? / I would rock a dope cravat.”
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noun

  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.”
    “I'm not like, a fashion person, so maybe I just don't get it, but I don't even understand how you're going to match. What, are you going to get like... a cravat that's the same color as her dress? / I would rock a dope cravat.”
  2. (historical)A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women.
  3. A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.

verb

  1. (rare, transitive)To adorn with a cravat; to tie a cravat, or something resembling a cravat, around the neck.

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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.

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