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shoulder-knot en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (historical) An ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulders of fashionable men's jackets, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.
    • ‘May I?’ she whispered, smiling round into his face. His shoulder-knots just perceptibly rose. 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
  2. A similar ornament of other materials worn on a military dress uniform.
  3. A moth bearing a resemblance to such ornaments.

Forms

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shoulder-knots Number=Plur lexicographic
shoulder knot alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

rusty shoulder-knot · minor shoulder-knot · Blair's shoulder-knot · rustic shoulder-knot · grey shoulder-knot