neckkerchief

See also: neck-kerchief and neck kerchief

English

Noun

neckkerchief (plural neckkerchiefs or neckkerchieves)

1. Alternative form of neckerchief.
   • 1796, Nicholas Salmon, Stemmata Latinitatis; or, An Etymological Latin Dictionary: […], volume II, London: […] for the Author, by W. and C. Spilsbury, page 601:

     ſtrophiārius a maker or ſeller of neckkerchiefs or garlands

   • 1797, [Denis] Diderot, translated by [unknown], The Nun, volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], pages 38 and 82:

     […] in the mean time she had lifted a corner of my neckkerchief, and placed her hand upon my bare shoulder, with the extremities of her fingers upon my bosom. […] The Superior rose; she did not sit down to table along with us, but she walked round, laying her hand upon the head of one, gently turning it back and kissing her brow; lifting the neckkerchief of another, placing her hand upon her bosom, and leaning on the back of the chair; […]

   • 1806, The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1806, London: […] for F[rancis,] C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […]; [b]y Law and Gilbert, […], page 42, column 1:

     Very few of the inhabitants ever ſaw this eccentric character with either hat, coat, waiſtcoat, or neckkerchief on.

   • 1986, Turkish Review Quarterly Digest, page 96:

     Inspired by the patterns of Turkish rugs and handprinted neckkerchieves, he utilized them in geometrically abstract ways within various arrangements.

   • 2005, Myriam Chapman, Why She Married Him, New York, N.Y.: Other Press, →ISBN, page 179:

     It seems to Nina that neither Rouia nor Gasha has the proper revolutionary seriousness, despite their red neckkerchiefs.