cravat

[ kruh-vat ]
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noun
  1. a cloth, often made of or trimmed with lace, worn about the neck by men especially in the 17th century.

  1. Medicine/Medical. a bandage made by folding a triangular piece of material into a band, used temporarily for a fracture or wound.

Origin of cravat

1
1650–60; <French cravate neckcloth, literally, Croat (<German Krabate<Serbo-Croatian hr̀vāt); so called because worn by Croatian mercenaries in the French army

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How to use cravat in a sentence

  • He was wearing a long collared silk shirt and an expensive cravat and an expensive silk lounging robe.

  • Jansoulet, seated without cravat and with his waist-coat open, was talking apparently in some agitation and in a low voice.

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
  • And the Nabob loosened his cravat about his neck, swollen like an apoplexy by his emotion and the heat of the room.

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
  • A dazzlingly white cravat made his anxious face look even paler than it really was.

  • His eyes were not idle, but excited and bright, though his attitude was slack and his chin rested on his tumbled cravat.

    The Rake's Progress | Marjorie Bowen

British Dictionary definitions for cravat

cravat

/ (krəˈvæt) /


noun
  1. a scarf of silk or fine wool, worn round the neck, esp by men

Origin of cravat

1
C17: from French cravate, from Serbo-Croat Hrvat Croat; so called because worn by Croats in the French army during the Thirty Years' War

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