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单词 neckerchief
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neckerchiefn.

Brit. /ˈnɛkətʃᵻf/, /ˈnɛkətʃiːf/, U.S. /ˈnɛkərˌtʃɪf/, /ˈnɛkərˌtʃif/
Forms: Middle English neckercheuys (plural), Middle English nekkerchyff, Middle English nekkerchys (plural), Middle English nekkyrchefe, 1500s necke kerchef, 1500s neckerchefe, 1500s neckerchiff, 1500s neckerchowe, 1600s 1800s– neckerchief, 1700s neckerchiefe, 1700s neck-kerchief.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: neck n.1, kerchief n.
Etymology: < neck n.1 + kerchief n. Compare neck-handkerchief n., handkerchief n., neckercher n.
A kerchief worn about the neck; in later use esp. a square of cloth folded diagonally and fastened or tied around the neck.
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neckerchiefc1384
kerchiefc1400
neckercher1466
neckinger1573
napkin1590
neckcloth1598
neck-handkerchief1642
squeeze clout1795
throat cloth1871
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Isa. iii. 23 Neckercheuys [a1382 Douce 369(1) pynnes, and sheweres, and necke couercheues, and filetes; a1425 L.V. smal lynun clothis aboute the schuldris, and kercheues; L. et sindones et vittas].
1469 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 339 I pray yow fore-gete not to send me a kersche of cremelle fore nekkerchys fore yowr syster Anne.
1495 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 36 Unius nekkerchyff, pretii iiij d.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cii The necke kerchef, la colerette.
1611 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 92 That none should wear..any band, neckerchief, gorget, or stomacher, but only plain.
1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 37 A Quoif and Neckerchief, and other Accoutrements to dress him up like a Countrey-woman.
a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 420 The Chain being put about her neck thus Spake Oh! here's a goodly neckerchiefe.
1786 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) III. 28 Giving the gown before the hoop, and the fan before the neck-kerchief.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 203 That poor boy.. was trying to relieve his sufferings by the removal of his neckerchief.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede vii. 128 How lovely was the contour of her pink and white neckerchief, tucked into her low plum-coloured stuff bodice.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iv. 79 She..pulled down the ends of her neckerchief.
1936 B. Brooker Think of Earth i. v. 59 He wore the shoddy black clothes, moccasins and red neckerchief which the Treaty Indians of the neighbourhood had affected years before.
1989 T. Tryon Night of Moonbow ii. vi. 123 Next on was Charlie Penny..in a cowboy hat and neckerchief, twirling a lariat and telling Will Rogers jokes.
2000 Watermark Catal. (RNLI) Christmas 48/2 He's dressed..in a coxswain's cap, spotted neckerchief and jumper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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