cravat English · revision 2359

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kɹəˈvat/ ''(UK)''; /kɹəˈvæt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|cravate]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from ''Cravate'' “a Croat”,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) [[der|de|Krabate]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU) [[der|sh|Hrvat|t=a Croat]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU) The neckcloth was named after the linen scarves worn by Croatian mercenaries in the French army.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A neckcloth worn chiefly by men, which came into fashion in France in the 17th century (1656).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Barnhart's first form is ''crabbat''.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Croats were light cavalry who fought in the Thirty Years' War;^(Etymonline) Etymonline notes that the name was used generically for light cavalry from the Habsburg military frontier, not only for Croats.^(Etymonline) Early cravats were of lace or lace-edged linen;^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) the word later came to mean a necktie.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) It was used figuratively of a hangman's rope (1678),^(OED 1989) and in surgery of a bandage folded into a band (1884).^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1656 – a neckcloth worn by men.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1678 – figurative, in reference to hanging.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1814 – verb, to furnish with a cravat.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1884 – ''(surgery)'' a folded triangular bandage.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1903 – a woman's scarf or necklet of lace or fur.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A band or scarf worn around the neck as a tie; a necktie.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A lace or lace-trimmed neckcloth worn by men, especially in the 17th century.^(RHWU)

+ # ''(medicine)'' A triangular bandage folded into a band, used for wounds or fractures.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Croat]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}