ascot tie

• Ascot tie

Traditionally worn at the Ascot races in Ascot, England.

ascot tie (plural ascot ties)

1. A type of cravat or necktie with a narrow neckband and wide wings laid one across the other.

   Synonym: ascot

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

• Ascot cap
• Ascot scarf

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