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neck-cloth

neck-cloth is the alternative form of neckcloth.

Meaning of neckcloth

Noun

neckcloth (plural neckcloths)

  1. (historical) An ornamental cravat, usually white.
    • […] I did remember I had among the Seamens Cloaths which were sav’d out of the Ship, some Neckcloaths of Callicoe or Muslin; and with some Pieces of these I made three small Sieves, but proper enough for the Work […]1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 3rd edition, London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], published 1719, →OCLC, page 144

Forms of neck-cloth

pluralneck-cloths

Questions about neck-cloth

What is neck-cloth the alternative form of?
Neck-cloth is the alternative form of neckcloth.

Words near neck-cloth in the dictionary

  1. neck yoke
  2. neck yokes
  3. neck-and-neck
  4. neck-brace
  5. neck-braces
  6. neck-cloth
  7. neck-cloths
  8. neck-deep
  9. neck-gable
  10. neck-gables
  11. neck-guard

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