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ˈneck-piece
[f. neck n.1]
1. The collar, or the part next the neck, of a garment.
1611Cotgr., Collet,..the necke-peece of any garment. 1653Urquhart Rabelais i. ix. 45 A foxes taile should be fastened to the neck-piece [F. collet] of..every one that [etc.]. 1713Addison Guard. No. 100 ⁋1 A certain female ornament by some called a Tucker, and by others the Neck-piece, being a slip of fine linnen or muslin that used to run..round the uppermost verge of the women's stays. 1787Beattie Scoticisms 61 The neck-piece of a coat is in Scotland called the neck, and in England the cape. 1862Eng. Wom. Dom. Mag., The neck-piece is perfectly plain.
b. A piece of armour, cloth, etc., covering or protecting the neck.
1823Crabb Technol. Dict., Neck-Piece, a piece formerly used to cover the breast of an officer or soldier. 1896Harper's Mag. Apr. 728/2 A worsted hood..with a neck-piece that fitted about the chin.
2.
†a. The neck. Obs. rare.
1605Marston Dutch Courtezan iii. iii, God bless thy neck⁓piece, and foutra! 1648Fanshawe Il Pastor Fido 77 To try all whether's stronger And faster on, thy neckpiece or My arm.
b. Of meat: The part of the carcass between the shoulder and the head.
c1818Yng. Woman's Comp. 22 The butcher should take out the kernels in the neck-pieces. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 99 The neck-piece..is partly laid bare by the removal of the shoulder. |