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neckband

[ nek-band ]

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noun

a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
a band, especially one of ornamental design, worn around the neck, affixed to a bottle, etc.

neckband

/ ˈnɛkˌbænd /

a band around the neck of a garment as finishing, decoration, or a base for a collar

First recorded in 1400–50, neckband is from the late Middle English word nekband. See neck, band ²

Chevesaile, a collar; properly, the neckband of the robe, as explained in the New E. Dict.

The thin, corded neck stiffened back, rising from a dirty, collarless neckband.

The judge swathed him with one of Mrs. Penniman's aprons, crowding folds of it inside his neckband.

Denis was sitting in his shirt-sleeves, his collar off and neckband loosened, when Ebenezer Brown entered.

Hookers tie had been removed and his collar and neckband unbuttoned.

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