Keruath (Cravat), an ancient Iranian neckcloth

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   Keruath is an Avestan word which comes from Keru "neck", similar to the English word Collar: 
collar (n.)  
c.1300, "neck armor, gorget," from O.Fr. coler "neck, collar" (12c., Mod.Fr. collier), from L. collare "necklace, band or chain for the neck," from collum "the neck," from PIE *kwol-o- "neck".
As I see in the English translation of Avesta, this word has been translated as "cuirass": http://www.avesta.org/vendidad/vd14sbe.htm

9. 'He shall godly and piously give to godly men a set of all the war implements of which the warriors make use, to redeem his own soul; 
'The first being a javelin, the second a sword, the third a club, the fourth a bow, the fifth a saddle with a quiver and thirty iron^25b-headed arrows, the sixth a sling with arm-string and with thirty sling stones²⁶; 
'The seventh a cuirass, the eighth a hauberk²⁷, the ninth a tunic²⁸, the tenth a helmet, the eleventh a girdle, the twelfth a pair of greaves.

Of course Cuirass sounds like Keruath too, but the word seems to have a Latin origin: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=cuirass&searchmode=none

cuirass  
"armor for the chest and back," mid-15c., from M.Fr. cuirasse (15c.), from L.L. coriacea vestis "garment of leather," from L. corium "leather, hide"
Keruath wasn't made of leather, but of cloth, a Sassanid Keurath:

A Sassanid relief in Taq-e Bostan: