neckband
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- noun
- /ˈnɛkˌbænd/
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- With the neckband of the shirt stuck on his head, framing his face, the shirt hung from his head like a wig of green hair.
Examples
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Well, Curtis, white neckbands denote freshmen, blue-- juniors, and red-- seniors, kind of like college.
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He adjusted the neckband of his jacket to make it more comfortable.
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The neckband was a bit of a challenge with this yarn and my shape.
Blog text (33) -
You take the chimp with the red neckband down the tunnel to the flight chamber.
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There was also the clean shock of its appearance among the smaller brownish birds, its mineral blue, muted blue, and broad dark neckband.
Fiction book (2002) -
The neckband's so frayed, it won't hold the collar button.
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Then I knit the garter stitch neckband on size #0 needles.
Blog text (33) -
White neckbands denote freshmen, blue-- juniors, and red-- seniors, kind of like college.
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Wearing pastel skin-tights and paisley neckbands may be bizarre, but it isn't fierce.
Fiction book (2000) -
The neckband of her shirt was beautifully embroidered with floral patterns.
Synonyms
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A band of material around the neck of a shirt, coat, dress, or shoe
A small decorative band worn around the neck like a collar
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Neckband comes from two simple parts, neck and band: a 'band' is something that goes around and the neck is the body part. So a neckband on a shirt is the strip of material that goes around the neck to form or support the collar.