1611 R. Cotgrave at Collerette de femme A small necke-ruffe.
1855 C. G. Leland tr. H. Heine 117 Men of high standing, wrapped in black mantles, With snowy-white neck-ruffs and chains of honour.
1993 E. Bailey (BNC) Her own bosom was strictly confined by the stays beneath her bodice.., with a neck-ruff concealing even the pale expanse between her collar bones.