neckerchief

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a square or triangular scarf worn tied around the neck

   He loosened his red neckerchief when the afternoon grew warm.

From Middle English nekkyrchefe, a compound of neck + kerchief. Kerchief came from Old French couvrechief, literally 'cover-head,' but the compound neckerchief names the cloth by its later position around the neck.

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