cravat
noun
- long strip of fine cloth wound around the neck and tied in front into a bow or knot
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kɹəˈvat/ / /kɹəˈvæt/
noun
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.
- 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.”
- A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women.
- A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.
verb
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.
- To adorn with a cravat; to tie a cravat, or something resembling a cravat, around the neck.