ascot tie
English
Etymology
Traditionally worn at the Ascot races in England.
Noun
ascot tie (plural ascot ties)
- 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