neckcloth

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From neck +‎ cloth.

Noun

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neckcloth (plural neckcloths)

  1. (historical) An ornamental cravat, usually white.

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1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 7, in A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, 3rd edition, London, New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., [], published 1892, →OCLC:
It was not until Lestrade succeeded in getting his hand inside his neck-cloth and half-strangling him that we made him realise that his struggles were of no avail; and even then we felt no security until we had pinioned his feet as well as his hands.