Note 1 — THE HISTORY OF THE CRAVAT;[1] FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT DAY; WITH REMARKS ON ITS INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY IN GENERAL.

“Cravat, from Cravate, which Menage derives from the Croats, a sort of German troops, usually called Croats, from whom, in 1636, this ornament, he adds, was adopted.” Todd’s Johnson’s Dictionary.