#47
The necktie (or tie) is a long piece of cloth worn around the neck, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat.
Regardless of the fact that the definition of the necktie in most dictionaries states “a large band of fabric worn around the neck under the collar and tied in front with the ends hanging down as a decoration”, its history says a lot more.
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#46
Houndstooth, hounds tooth check or hound’s tooth (and similar spellings), also known as dogstooth, dogtooth or dog’s tooth, is a duotone textile pattern characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, often in black and white, although other colours are used. The classic houndstooth pattern is an example of a tessellation.
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