ascot
noun /ˈæskɒt/
/ˈæskɑːt/
(North American English) (also cravat British and North American English)
- a short wide piece of silk, etc. worn by men around the neck, folded inside the collar of a shirtTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Word Originearly 20th cent.: from the place name Ascot, a town in southern England which holds a famous annual race meeting. This use occurred through association with formal dress at race meetings held there.