different between cravat vs regatte

English

Etymology

From French cravate, an appellative use of Cravate (“Croat”), from Dutch Krawaat, from German Krawatte, from Serbo-Croatian Hr?v?t/??????? (“Croat”). The cravat is regarded as originating from a linen scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries which was adopted into French fashion in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???vat/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k???væt/
• Hyphenation: cra?vat

Noun

cravat (plural cravats)

1. A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.
2. (historical) A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women.
3. (surgery) A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.

Hyponyms

• ascot, ascot tie

Derived terms

• cravatted (adjective)

Translations

Verb

cravat (third-person singular simple present cravats, present participle cravatting, simple past and past participle cravatted)

1. (transitive, rare) To adorn with a cravat; to tie a cravat, or something resembling a cravat, around the neck.

References

Further reading

• cravat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?gä?té, IPA^(key): /??????te/

Etymology 1

From the Italian regatte, the plural form of regatta.

Noun

regatte

1. plural of regatta
   • 2005: Bronwen Wilson, The World in Venice: Print, the City, and Early Modern Identity, page 168 (University of Toronto Press)

     Three days of festivities included regatte and war games.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

regatte

1. A cravat tied in such a way that two ends of material dangle from the knot.
   • 1949: CIBA Review, volume 6, issues 61–71, page 3,022 (CIBA Limited)

     The earliest cravats were simple silk ribbons tied in a bow in front. There was a second kind, the so-called regatte, representing an ordinary knot from which two long ends of ribbon hung down. The most ingenious form was the plastron, a more or less studied and compact interlacement of silk ribbon which filled the whole opening of the coat.