Cravat definitions

Cravat

1) Ascot 2) Neckcloth 3) Necktie 4) Neckwear 5) Scarf 6) Tie
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Cravat

1) Ascot cousin 2) Ascot kin 3) Ascot relative 4) Decorative necktie 5) Decorative neckwear 6) Dressy neckwear 7) French word used in English 8) Haberdashery item 9) It hangs by the neck 10) Item of neckwear 11) Lace-trimmed neckwear 12) Louis XIV accessory 13) Masculine finery 14) Neck piece 15) Neck scarf
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cravat

a fine scarf worn around the neck and tied in a bow
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Cravat

The cravat is a neckband, the forerunner of the modern tailored necktie and bow tie, originating from 17th-century Croatia. From the end of the 16th century, the term band applied to any long-strip neckcloth that was not a ruff. The ruff, a starched, pleated white linen strip, originated earlier in the 16th century as a neckcloth (readily changeab...
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Cravat

• (n.) A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck.
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Cravat

Cra·vat' noun [ French cravate , from Cravate a Croat, an inhabitant of Croatia, one of a body of Austrian troops, from whom, in 1636, this article of dress was adopted in France.] A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. « While his wig ...
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cravat

piece of linen worn as a necktie 
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Cravat

A cravat is a rectangular scarf of silk, muslin or fine wool worn around the neck by men, originally they were worn by Croats in the French army during the Thirty Years' War and the name is derived from the French Cravate meaning a Croat. Towards the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century the cravat attained an incredible degree of e...
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cravat

[n] - neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
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cravat

necktie (defs. 1, 2). · a cloth, often made of or trimmed with lace, worn about the neck by men esp. in the 17th century. · a bandage made by folding a triangular piece of material into a band, used temporarily for a fracture or wound.
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cravat

[Difficult words] a scarf or band of cloth worn around the neck
Found on https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/675552

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cravat

[Obscure words] neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
Found on https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/675552

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