单词 | cravat string |
释义 | > as lemmascravat string cravat string n. historical after 18th cent. a length of ribbon used to keep a cravat in place by being passed around the ends of the cravat and tied in a bow under the chin; (later also) a purely ornamental ribbon worn with a cravat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neck-tie or cravat > cravat > part of cravat string1679 1679 W. Harris Farewell to Popery 9 I have known some of them as Critical in their Crevat-string and Periwigg, and examine themselves by the Glass with as much care, as a Fop that's lately arriv'd from France. a1704 T. Brown Let. in Wks. (1730) IV. 209 His Cravat reach'd down to his Middle... A most prodigious Cravat-string peep'd from under his Chin, the two Corners of which..eclips'd three quarters of his Face. 1885 L. Wingfield Barbara Philpot I. xi. 300 Am I, who set the mode of the centurine, the bardash, the cravat-string, and many another pretty fashion besides..to be lectured on the colour of my clothes? 2000 E. James Midnight Pleasures xiii. 160 ‘Is he wearing a cravat string?’ Charlotte whispered in awed tones. ‘He wants only a sword knot to be a perfect dandy of some fifty years ago,’ her husband said. < as lemmas |
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