ascot tie

English

Etymology

Traditionally worn at the Ascot races in 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.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:

     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

• Finnish: plastron (fi)
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• Russian: пластро́н (ru) m (plastrón)

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