neck kerchief

A form of neckerchief — A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.

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Meanings

nounneck kerchief (plural neck kerchiefs or neck kerchieves)

plural neck kerchiefs · plural neck kerchieves

  1. alternativeAlternative form of neckerchief.

    Luna wore a neck kerchief that matched Nicole’s gown.

    2022 August 14, Kellie Patrick Gates, “Daniel Kilburn & Nicole Allman”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 194th year, number 75, page D2, column 3
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    The women looked like dead bodies; and never did I see such a sepulchral appearance as their dress and colourless faces exhibited, they were all dressed alike in drab gowns, white neck kerchiefs, and a cap fitting close over their ears, and fastened under the chin, the same sort as are placed on a corps.

    1818, John Palmer, Journal of Travels in the United States of North America, and in Lower Canada, Performed in the Year 1817: […], London: […] Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, […], page 92

    The lay students were identified by blue uniforms, caps made of veiling, and neck kerchieves.

    1982, Regine Lang, A Century of Health Care Ministry: A History of St. Francis Medical Center, page 159
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