Windsor knot
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- noun
- /ˈwɪndzər nɑt/
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nudo Windsor
- He was wearing a dark jacket and tie with a perfect Windsor knot.
- a half-Windsor knot
- tie a Windsor knot
Examples
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Kenny wore a blazer, his Oxford shirt stiff and sharp as if fresh from the package, the Windsor knot of his dark tie a perfect V tight against his throat.
Fiction book (1996) -
Kenny wore a blazer, his Oxford shirt stiff and sharp as if fresh from the package, the Windsor knot of his dark tie a perfect V tight against his throat.
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It's called the Windsor knot.
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This shirt positively screams for a Windsor knot.
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He was wearing a dark jacket and tie with a perfect Windsor knot.
Fiction book (1995) -
Phillip loosened the Windsor knot in his Fendi tie.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now if they could just learn how to tie a proper Windsor knot.
How Wide
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally built: a B1 learner who knows 'Windsor' and 'knot' can infer it denotes a particular kind of knot associated with Windsor, so the basic category (a type of knot) is clear. However, the specific sense — that it is a wide, symmetrical necktie knot used for formal occasions — is conventional and not directly predictable from the constituents, so the transparency is partial.
Etymology
Windsor knot is named after the Duke of Windsor, who liked to wear a wide, neat knot in his tie. Tailors copied that look and called the big, triangle-shaped knot the 'Windsor', so today the name means a wide, formal knot for a necktie.