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neckcloths

neckcloths is the plural 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

Questions about neckcloths

What is neckcloths the plural of?
Neckcloths is the plural of neckcloth.

Words near neckcloths in the dictionary

  1. neckbraces
  2. neckbreaker
  3. neckbreakers
  4. neckcloth
  5. neckclothed
  6. neckcloths
  7. neckdeep
  8. neckdown
  9. neckdowns
  10. necke
  11. necked

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