cravat
(noun) neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cravat (plural cravats)
A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.
(historical) A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women.
(surgery) A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.
• ascot, ascot tie
cravat (third-person singular simple present cravats, present participle cravatting, simple past and past participle cravatted)
(transitive, rare) To adorn with a cravat; to tie a cravat, or something resembling a cravat, around the neck.
Source: Wiktionary
Cra*vat" (kr-vt"), n. Etym: [F. cravate, fr. Cravate a Croat, an inhabitant of Croatia, one of a body of Austrian troops, from whom, in 1636, this article of dress was adopted in France.]
Definition: A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. Macualay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
