ascot tie en · NOUN
Etymology
Traditionally worn at the Ascot races in Ascot, England.
Meanings
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A type of cravat or necktie with a narrow neckband and wide wings laid one across the other.
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ascot ties | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Ascot tie | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
eo koltuko (type of necktie) · pt plastrom (type of necktie) · ru пластро́н (type of necktie) · fi plastron (type of necktie) · pl fular (type of necktie) · tr plastron (type of necktie)