cravat
English
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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.[1]
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Hyphenation: cra‧vat
Noun
cravat (plural cravats)
- A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.
- 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, “The Dissolution”, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 3:
- 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.
- (historical) A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women.
- (surgery) A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- cravatted (adjective)
Translations
wide fabric band
Verb
cravat (third-person singular simple present cravats, present participle cravatting, simple past and past participle cravatted)
- (transitive, rare) To adorn with a cravat; to tie a cravat, or something resembling a cravat, around the neck.
References
- ^ “cravat, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2013.
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