Meaning of Cravat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.
2. A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women.
   historical
3. A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.

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Examples

“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.”

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