neck-band

In old age, Da (as she was affectionately known) enjoyed telling her grandchildren that she invariably wore this pretty beaded black silk neck-band to keep her head on.

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He jerked at a bow tie he was attempting to center and grimaced oddly as his tight neck-band pinched him slightly.

An American Tragedy 2004

He was without a collar, so his throat was bare above the neck-band of his flannel shirt.

The Trespasser 2003

He was dressed formally: high-collared, open-necked shirt of sherris-silk, stiff with silver embroidery at the cuffs and neck-band; white velvet, square-necked tunic banded with silver bullion at hem and neck, skintight sherris-silk leggings and equally tight silver-encrusted boots to display his fine legs to best advantage.

The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991

I reached for my shirt, which was a deep russet colour all round the inside of the neck-band, but there was nothing I could do about that.

Puppet on a Chain MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1969

Then I'd folded it in half lengthwise, slid it over the neck-band of my tie and turned my collar down over it until it was completely hidden.

Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961

No. 47, with a line at the neck-band, crossed bands in the centre of the shoulders, and lines across the back, is obviously inartistic.

What Dress Makes of Us Dorothy Quigley

The neck-band of velvet or satin, full and soft, apparently enlarges the throat.

What Dress Makes of Us Dorothy Quigley

The Princess of Wales is as constant to her velvet or pearl neck-band, as to her especial style of coiffure.

What Dress Makes of Us Dorothy Quigley

Virot hat, reinforced with a steel net wire neck-band -- the very latest fads from Paris.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne