cravat definition
Definitions &Translations Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Cravat The cravat is a neckband, the forerunner of the modern tailored necktie and bow tie, originating from 17th-century Croatia. From the end of the 16th century, the term band applied to any long-strip neckcloth that was not a ruff.