She was even faster than her father, who was rather fastidious about which neckcloth he wore on different nights.
‘Gentlemen in dark blue coats with brass buttons and high neckcloths discussed ‘Horseflesh’ over a glass of wine,’ she writes.
Philip did likewise with his own neckcloth and footwear, but draped his coat more neatly over the back of a chair, with attention for its elegant lines.
But his dress was as peculiar as his wife's, a large black coat of an antique cut over a long waistcoat and a neckcloth, with knee-length breeches and buckled shoes.
I kept my eyes on the blanketed ground as I fumbled with my neckcloth.
Tugging at my neckcloth, I went to the washstand to be met in the mirror by a gangly figure in a threadbare tailcoat and homespun stockings more gray than white.
He strung his neckcloth around his neck and retrieved his waistcoat from the chair.
Definition of neckcloth in US English:
neckcloth
nounˈnekˌklôTH
A cravat.
领饰；领巾
Example sentencesExamples
Philip did likewise with his own neckcloth and footwear, but draped his coat more neatly over the back of a chair, with attention for its elegant lines.
‘Gentlemen in dark blue coats with brass buttons and high neckcloths discussed ‘Horseflesh’ over a glass of wine,’ she writes.
I kept my eyes on the blanketed ground as I fumbled with my neckcloth.
Tugging at my neckcloth, I went to the washstand to be met in the mirror by a gangly figure in a threadbare tailcoat and homespun stockings more gray than white.
He strung his neckcloth around his neck and retrieved his waistcoat from the chair.
She was even faster than her father, who was rather fastidious about which neckcloth he wore on different nights.
But his dress was as peculiar as his wife's, a large black coat of an antique cut over a long waistcoat and a neckcloth, with knee-length breeches and buckled shoes.