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In an emergency, your cravat can double as a sling or tourniquet. (as a hasty wound dressing it undoubtedly serves much better than a necktie.)
by 082349872349872 2y ago
In an emergency, your cravat can double as a sling or tourniquet. (as a hasty wound dressing it undoubtedly serves much better than a necktie.)
- Bluestein 2y agoI mean, considering its origins are with a military uniform ...
- 082349872349872 2y agoTIL the "cravat" was named after a "Croat" light cavalry unit — essentially southern slavic hussars? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats_(military_unit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats_(military_unit) > Hussars never take money —Lt. DR (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Croats_and_Croatia#Distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Croats_and_Croati... mentions a toponym, Chrawat, so maybe something similar is the source of the 'v' in "cravat"? Or did the french simply add the 'v' in because they were transliterating à la hussarde?)
- Bluestein 2y ago> toponym, Chrawat Was wondering about that. Maybe the toponym came to signify the whole for some reason ...