neckcloth

Noun

 * 1)  An ornamental cravat, usually white.
 * 2) * 1720,, “Tuesday; or, the Ditty” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: H. Lintot, R. Tonson & S. Draper, 1745, Volume I, p. 85,
 * Will she thy linen wash or hosen darn,
 * And knit thee gloves made of her own-spun yarn?
 * Will she with huswife’s hand provide thy meat,
 * And ev’ry Sunday morn thy neckcloth plait?
 * Which o’er thy kersey doublet spreading wide,
 * In service time drew Cic’ly’s eyes aside.
 * In service time drew Cic’ly’s eyes aside.