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CRAVAT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cravat" is a kind of...):

neckwear (articles of clothing worn about the neck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cravat"):

ascot (a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin)

neckcloth; stock (an ornamental white cravat)

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 Context examples: 

And we, my poor Watson, want overcoats and cravats and goloshes, and every aid that man ever invented to fight the weather.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My cravat came undone in the street, and I actually walked from Carlton House to Watier’s in Bruton Street with the two ends hanging loose.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I do not know when poor Richard's cravats would be done, if he had no friend but you.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Micawber, genteelly adjusting his chin in his cravat, presently proceeded with his composition.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped cravats about our throats.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now I'm going to tie John's cravat for him, and then to stay a few minutes with Father quietly in the study, and Meg ran down to perform these little ceremonies, and then to follow her mother wherever she went, conscious that in spite of the smiles on the motherly face, there was a secret sorrow hid in the motherly heart at the flight of the first bird from the nest.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

With the shock, his broad-brimmed hat flew from his head, his cravat slipped down from his lips, and there were the long light beard and the soft, handsome delicate features of Colonel Valentine Walter.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What does he say about the cravat?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I shall never find his match again either for chocolate or cravats.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Shirts, stockings, cravats, and waistcoats faced her in each.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)