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cartouche
An ornate or ornamental frame

chevette
Leather made from goat-skin. Used for gloves.

chypre
A fragrance category for women based on a woody, mossy and flowery complex, sometimes with aspects of leather or fruits. Chypre perfumes are rich and tenacious.

corwalner
An old word for shoemaker, one who hand-made shoes in Cordovan leather. Now means any shoemaker.

cravat
Nowadays, cravat loosely describes any style of neckwear. The term used to describe the forerunner of the modern-day necktie introduced to the French regency in the 1800s by visiting Croatian calvarymen who tied decorative fabrics about their necks.
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