cravat
a cloth, often made of or trimmed with lace, worn about the neck by men especially in the 17th century.
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
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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 DaudetAnd the Nabob loosened his cravat about his neck, swollen like an apoplexy by his emotion and the heat of the room.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetA dazzlingly white cravat made his anxious face look even paler than it really was.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket | Honore de BalzacHis 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
/ (krəˈvæt) /
a scarf of silk or fine wool, worn round the neck, esp by men
Origin of cravat
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