Boat neck

Boat neck

A Boat Neck, also called a bateau neck, refers to a wide neckline that runs horizontally, front and back, almost to the shoulder points, across the collarbone. It is traditionally used in nautically inspired sweaters and knitwear, but is also featured in more elegant cocktail dresses and eveningwear. The style derives from sailors blouses or sweaters, often with wide navy and white horizontal stripes. The wide, plain neck was said to facilitate quick removal if a sailor were to fall overboard.


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  • boat neck — n. a bateau neckline boatnecked adj …   English World dictionary

  • boat neck — noun or boat neckline : bateau neck * * * a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams. Also called boat neckline, bateau neck, bateau neckline. [1955 60] * * * boat neck noun A high slit …   Useful english dictionary

  • boat neck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams. Also called boat neckline, bateau neck, bateau neckline. [1955 60] * * * …   Universalium

  • boat neck — noun a type of wide neckline on a garment that sits just below the collarbone …   English new terms dictionary

  • boat neckline — noun see boat neck * * * boat neck or boat neckline, = bateau neck. (Cf. ↑bateau neck) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Neck yoke — Yoke Yoke (y[=o]k), n. [OE. yok, [yogh]oc, AS. geoc; akin to D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth. juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy gon, Skr. yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. ?, Skr. yui. [root]109, 280. Cf …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • neck — noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ slender, slim, swan like (literary) ▪ scraggy (BrE), scrawny …   Collocations dictionary

  • Boat 'n Bank — The Boat N Bank of Kilmarnock, Virginia based Chesapeake National Bank was the nation s first floating bank branch. A converted houseboat, the floating bank provided banking services to seafood houses on the Northern Neck of Virginia. The bank… …   Wikipedia

  • bateau neck — noun or bateau neckline 1. : a wide neckline that follows the line of the collarbone and is high in front and back 2. : any of various high or low necklines that extend toward the tips of the shoulders * * * bateau neck or bateau neckline, a high …   Useful english dictionary

  • bateau neck. — See boat neck. Also called bateau neckline. [1920 25] * * * …   Universalium

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