Windsor knot

A wide, triangular slipknot used to tie a four-in-hand necktie.

[Perhaps after the Duke of Windsor.]

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Windsor knot

(Knots) a wide triangular knot, produced by making extra turns in tying a tie

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Wind′sor knot′

a wide, triangular knot for tying a four-in-hand necktie.

[1945–50]

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Windsor knot - a wide triangular slipknot for tying a tie

slipknot - a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made

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