charvet

[ shahr-vey, shahr-vey ]

noun

1. a soft, lusterless silk or rayon tie fabric, often made with a faint stripe effect.

Word History and Origins

Origin of charvet¹

Named after the French firm

Example Sentences

Rare is the book that can luxuriate in a discussion of Coppola’s taste for Charvet button-down shirts and how that related to her work on “Marie Antoinette.”

From Los Angeles Times

The research team comprised Prof. Cusack, who measures development of the infant brain and mind using neuroimaging; Prof. Christine Charvet, Auburn University, USA, who compares brain development across species; and Dr. Marc'Aurelio Ranzato, a senior AI researcher at DeepMind.

From Science Daily

"Our study compared brain development across animal species. It drew from a long-standing project, Translating Time, that equates corresponding ages across species to establish that human brains are more mature than many other species at birth," says Prof. Charvet.

From Science Daily

More likely, he is fresh-faced, wears a lounge suit with a Charvet tie and is by his employers’ side whether they are at home or not.

From Seattle Times

“In practical terms,” says shark researcher Patricia Charvet of the Federal University of Ceará, “huge quantities of shark are fished and landed using this approach. Any boat can bring in tons of shark if they call it bycatch and say that the target species for which they have the license was not found.”

From National Geographic