Definitions for cravat

cravat cra·vat

Spelling: [kruh-vat]
IPA: /krəˈvæt/

Cravat is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in cravat (aacrtv).

Definitions for cravat

noun

  1. necktie (defs 1, 2).
  2. a cloth, often made of or trimmed with lace, worn about the neck by men especially in the 17th century.
  3. Medicine/Medical. a bandage made by folding a triangular piece of material into a band, used temporarily for a fracture or wound.

Origin of cravat

1650-60; French cravate neckcloth, literally, Croat (German Krabate Serbo-Croatian hr̀vāt); so called because worn by Croatian mercenaries in the French army

Examples for cravat

He had promised me faithfully not to fumble with his cravat, and evidently he had not once stirred.

His cravat had been tied many times and needed it once more.

He poured half a phial over his cravat, his pocket-handkerchief, his sleeves.

And as I said this, I untied my cravat, and appeared to prepare for the headsman.

Drayton stepped up to this table to fix the cravat by the glass.

Change that cravat for this of mine, that coat for this of mine.

His frock-coat, cravat and waistcoat were invariably of black.

So I went back to the bed and tied the heavy handkerchief at my back by my cravat.

He loosened his cravat, unfastened his waistcoat, and felt for the beating of his heart.

Mr Vladimir, arranging his cravat, observed him in the glass over the mantelpiece.

Word Value for cravat
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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