cravat
noun/krəˈvæt/
/krəˈvæt/
(North American English also ascot)
- a short wide piece of silk, etc. worn by men around the neck, folded inside the collar of a shirtTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French cravate, from Cravate ‘Croat’ (from German Krabat, from Serbo-Croat Hrvat), because of the scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries in France.
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