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neckerchief

[nek-er-chif, -cheef]
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noun
  1. a cloth or scarf worn round the neck.
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Origin of neckerchief

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at neck, kerchief
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Examples from the Web for neckerchief

Historical Examples

  • Be ready to tie your neckerchief over your nose, soon as we strike the alkali.

    Bloom of Cactus

    Robert Ames Bennet

  • Davis descended meekly, gave him his neckerchief, and was bound as were the others.

    The Wreck of the Titan

    Morgan Robertson

  • She read the letter, and putting it into her neckerchief, desired him to follow her.

    Peter Simple

    Frederick Marryat

  • She carried a parcel under her arm, done up carefully in her neckerchief.

    Patsy

    S. R. Crockett

  • His wife, with a neckerchief tied round her head, was suckling a baby.

    Bouvard and Pcuchet

    Gustave Flaubert

British Dictionary definitions for neckerchief

neckerchief

noun
  1. a piece of ornamental cloth, often square, worn around the neck
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Word Origin

C14: from neck + kerchief
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for neckerchief

n.

"scarf for the neck," late 14c., from neck (n.) + kerchief, which is, etymologically "a covering for the head."

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