cravat
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cravat/krəˈvat/
▶noun a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men round the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirt.
– derivatives
cravatted adjective.
cravatted adjective.
– origin C17: from Fr. cravate, from Cravate ‘Croat’, because of the scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries.
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