Definition: A necktie which is tied symmetrically in the form of a simple bow.
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Etymology: Attested from at least 1900.
Period:
Etymology: Attested from at least 1900.
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Contemporary instructions:
"There are three or four ways of tying a bow, but the following method is, I think, the simplest. But the tie round your neck with the left-hand end about a couple of inches below the right. Tie in a single knot and bring the left-hand end—which should still be the longer of the two—over so that it covers the right. Make the left-hand loop of the bow with the right-hand end, which should then be at right angles to the left. Then bring the left-hand end up so that it goes right round the left-hand loop. Then fold the left-hand end end push it through the center loop which has been formed. If this is done properly the left-hand end makes the right-hand bow of the tie, and all that remains to be done is to pull the under part of the two bows tightly, and the tie will be fixed. When you have once tied a bow properly, the matter becomes easier and easier at every attempt. Don't start learning by trying to tie a dress tie."
- Clothes & the Man: Hints on the Wearing and Caring of Clothes by The "Major" of To-Day (Edward Spencer) (1900), pg 176-77. New York, USA.