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ascot tie

ascot tie noun: a type of cravat or necktie with a narrow neckband and wide wings laid one across the other.

ascot tie: a type of cravat or necktie with a narrow neckband and wide wings laid one across the other
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Noun (1)

ascot tie (plural ascot ties)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    ascot

Noun (2) capitalized: Ascot tie

Ascot tie (plural Ascot ties)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ascot tie.
    • 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

Synonyms of ascot tie

Forms of ascot tie

pluralascot ties
alternative formAscot tie
pluralAscot ties

Origin of ascot tie

Traditionally worn at the Ascot races in Ascot, England.

Questions about ascot tie

What does ascot tie mean?
Ascot tie means a type of cravat or necktie with a narrow neckband and wide wings laid one across the other.
What part of speech is ascot tie?
Ascot tie is a noun.
What is the plural of ascot tie?
The plural of ascot tie is ascot ties.

Words near ascot tie in the dictionary

  1. ascostromatal
  2. ascot
  3. Ascot cap
  4. Ascot caps
  5. Ascot scarf
  6. ascot tie
  7. ascot ties
  8. Ascot Vale
  9. ascothoracic
  10. ascots
  11. Ascott

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