neckerchief
(ˈnɛkətʃɪf)
Also 4 necke couercheue, 6 kerchef; 4 neckercheue, -chiff, 5 nekkyrchefe, -erchyff.
[f. neck n.1 + kerchief.]
A kerchief worn about the neck.
| 1382 Wyclif Isa. iii. 23 Pynnes, and sheweres, and necke couercheues [v.r. neckercheuys], and filetes. 1483 Cath. Angl. 251/1 A Nekkyrchefe, anaboladium. 1495 Nottingham Rec. III. 36 Unius nekkerchyff, pretii iiij d. c 1532 G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 907 The necke kerchef, la colerette. 1611 in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 92 That none should wear..any band, neckerchief, gorget, or stomacher, but only plain. 1679 Hist. Jetzer 37 A Quoif and Neckerchief, and other Accoutrements to dress him up like a Countrey-woman. 1786 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) III. 28 Giving the gown before the hoop, and the fan before the neck-kerchief. 1824 Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 39 Trying to relieve his sufferings by the removal of his neckerchief. 1881 Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet i. iv, She..pulled down the ends of her neckerchief. |
So neck-ˈhandkerchief.
| 1642 Archives of Maryland (1887) IV. 95, 9 plaine neck-cloths and 5 plaine neckhandkercheifes. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 478 ¶12 To buy Cravats or Neck-Handkerchiefs. 1740 Richardson Pamela I. 223 So what will I do, but strip off my upper Petticoat, and throw it into the Pond, with my Neck-handkerchief. 1817–18 Cobbett Resid. U.S. (1822) 16 Stockings..and a waistcoat and neck-handkerchief. 1853 Reade Chr. Johnstone 226 Their neck-handkerchiefs and hair were wet with spray. |