/ krəˈvæt; NAmE / ( NAmE also ascot ) noun
a short wide strip of silk, etc. worn by men around the neck, folded inside the collar of a shirt
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 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.