ascot

¹ American  

[as-kuht, -kot] / ˈæs kət, -kɒt /

noun

1. a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.

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Ascot ² American  

[as-kuht] / ˈæs kət /

noun

1. a village in SE Berkshire, in S England: annual horse races.

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Ascot ¹ British  

/ ˈæskət /

noun

1. a town in S England, in Bracknell Forest unitary authority, Berkshire: noted for its horse-race meetings, esp Royal Ascot , a four-day meeting held in June. Pop: 8755 (2001)

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ascot ² British  

/ ˈæskət /

noun

1. a cravat with wide square ends, usually secured with an ornamental stud

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Etymology

Origin of ascot

1905–10; so called from the fashionable dress worn at the Ascot races

Example Sentences

The larger one was named Mayonnaise and the smaller one was named Tartar Sauce and had a little ruffle of feathers under his chin like an ascot.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2022

Their most powerful cudgel was Thompson’s catty barroom raconteur Buddy Cole, a trash-talking one-man pride revolution in an ascot.

From New York Times • May 24, 2022

He was hard to miss: bald, animated and often in his ascot cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021

He was as elite as an ascot, but his struggles with spoken English boosted the career of Saturday Night Live comic and Bush impersonator Dana Carvey — who later became a friend of Bush.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2018

Seven felt the fear from his memory before it fizzled like Mr. Pepperhorn’s had, and the ascot had done all it could.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

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