neckerchief
3
7.1
- noun
- /ˈnɛkərˌtʃif/
:
pañuelo
- Shirts, hats, and neckerchiefs come out of barrels and are spread on long tables.
And we'd drive by this hotel and we were sort of told to get off the bus and go and look at Anton Edelman's white starched hat and his neckerchief.
- And we'd drive by this hotel and we were sort of told to get off the bus and go and look at Anton Edelman's white starched hat and his neckerchief.
- He had like a neckerchief over his face.
Examples
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Still, he took pains to rearrange his hair so that it stood at odd angles, and to put the neckerchief in disarray.
Fiction book (1995) -
Both of them were dressed in blue shorts, gray shirts, and red neckerchiefs, which were the uniform of the Spies.
Fiction book (1998) -
I took off my glasses and wiped them clean on my neckerchief.
Fiction book (1991) -
Will they know to comb your hair, or change you into your sports jumper with matching neckerchief at lunch time?
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Then he astonished me by untying his neckerchief.
Fiction book (1995) -
The two photos show an elderly man from the chest up wearing a jacket and shirt of the era, complete with a neckerchief tied around the collar.
Academic text (2010) -
Joshua's journal was found in a big envelope with an old Civil War pouch and a tattered neckerchief.
Fiction book (1999) -
Yip nodded and clipped the badge to his collar, adjusting it so it hung clear of his neckerchief.
Fiction book (1999) -
A neckerchief, probably once red, knotted around his throat, collects the sweat he sweats in his parched, saddle-sore state.
Fiction book (2000) -
Each boy wears the blue uniform with the yellow neckerchief that hangs down the back in a triangle.
Synonyms
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6.7
A square cloth you wear on your head or around your neck
A decorative piece of cloth tied around the neck, often white and worn at formal events
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Neckerchief is simply neck + kerchief, and kerchief once meant a 'cover' for the 'head', as you can see in handkerchief. So a neckerchief is a small cloth you wear around the neck, and the name tells you exactly what it is.