ascot tie

English

Alternative forms

• Ascot tie

Etymology

Traditionally worn at the Ascot races in Ascot, England.

Noun

ascot tie (plural ascot ties)

1. A type of cravat or necktie with a narrow neckband and wide wings laid one across the other.

   Synonym: ascot

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

Translations

type of necktie

• Esperanto: koltuko
• Finnish: plastron (fi)
• Russian: пластро́н (ru) m (plastrón)
• Turkish: plastron (tr)

See also

• Ascot cap
• Ascot scarf

Anagrams

• oscitate