crew neck

alternative crewneck

1. not comparableReferring to the collar of pullover garments and usually of sweaters and T-shirts, when [the collar] circles the neck.

   The designer herself was wearing tailored caramel-coloured trousers with a toning crew neck knit, because “it’s work, and I have too much to do to get dressed up”.

   2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian

   Synonyms: crewnecked

2. not comparableReferring to a garment's collar whose front is meant to ride up onto the neck, sometimes to Adam's apple level.

   Synonyms: high crew

plural crew necks · alternative crewneck

1. A round neckline with a ribbed texture.

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   For a writer celebrated for his control of his characters’ inner lives, for a husband and father notoriously prickly about his expression of the suburban proprieties — the crewneck Shetland sweater and khakis, the plummy faux-Brahmin accent, the adoring Labrador at his feet, the woodpile neatly stacked and grass hand-scythed — here was scandal in full spate, sludge flooding over his family and friends.

   2009 March 15, Geoffrey Wolff, “Suburban Suffering”, in New York Times

2. broadlyA shirt, sweater, or similar garment with such a neckline.