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ˈneckcloth
[f. neck n.1]
A cloth worn round the neck; a cravat, neckerchief. Now rare.
1639Knaresb. Wills (Surtees) II. 167 One linen apron and one neck cloth. 1699–1700in Hedges Diary (Hakl. Soc.) III. 62, I made a tryall of making some neck cloths here. 1721Amherst Terræ Fil. No. 13 (1726) 63 His man..puffs out his neck-cloth with as smart an air as Mr. Anybody. 1784Kippis Biog. Brit. III. Corr. & Add. s.v. Betterton, His countenance..turned..as pale as his neckcloth. a1839Praed Poems (1864) II. 65 In his neckcloth's studied fold Sat Fashion. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere xvii, He wore an old-fashioned neckcloth.
b. transf. The hangman's rope.
1836F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout II. 115 ‘Hould your tongue in that matter’, says he; ‘For the neckcloth I don't care a button’.
Hence ˈneckclothed |-klɒθt, -ɔː-| a., provided with, wearing, a neckcloth.
1833Lytton Godolphin vii, In the panoply of neckclothed silence. 1864Mattie, a Stray I. 133 White neckclothed servility struggled..for the distinction of waiting on her. |