Dictionary Workbench Ondict

cravat

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

cravat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes & fashion
cra·vat /krəˈvæt/ noun [countable]  DCa wide piece of loosely folded material that men wear around their necks 〔男子戴的〕领巾 tie
Examples from the Corpus
cravatHe wore a cravat and a dark, sober suit with wide lapels.For real tux deluxe you can add a spangly corset top, decorative waistcoat and a dandy cravat.Often worn with pale, open-necked sports shirts and dodgy cravats.Neither approached the tactical nous of cricket's most famous cravat wearer, Douglas Jardine.As a result, the traditional party outfit of flamboyant cravat and tweed jacket has been replaced by the ninety-nine-pound wool suit.The darker grey cravat made his eyes look bluer, his skin more tanned.Well, actually, he did spill some kind of goo all over his cravat at the Election-Day lunch at Allegro restaurant.It would just loosen its borders as Mulhoiland loosened his silk cravat and wrap itself around the San Fernando Valley.
Origin cravat (1600-1700) French cravate, from Cravate Croatian; from the scarves worn by 17th-century Croatian soldiers
cra·vat nounChineseSyllable
wear folded loosely around material Corpus piece men a of that wide


cravat
cravat /krəˈvæt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: cravate, from Cravate 'Croatian'; from the scarves worn by 17th-century Croatian soldiers
a wide piece of loosely folded material that men wear around their necks ⇨ tie


cra·vatBrE /krəˈvæt/ 🔊NAmE /krəˈvæt/ 🔊 (NAmE also ascot) nouna short wide strip of silk, etc. worn by men around the neck, folded inside the collar of a shirt (男用)阔领带