Well attestedNamed from the place
ascot tie
noun · first attested 19th century
A necktie named after a Berkshire village with a racecourse and a dress code.
A wide folded silk neck scarf, looped and pinned under the collar of a jacket.
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- Named from the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Ascot
- In English
ascot tie
The style took its name from the formal dress worn at the Royal Ascot races in Berkshire. It entered everyday menswear late in the nineteenth century and now survives mostly as costume shorthand for an aristocrat.
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