polo-neck
See also: polo neck
English
A polo-neck shirt
Alternative forms
Etymology
From polo (“ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent’s goal”) + neck.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊləʊ ˌnɛk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊloʊ ˌnɛk/
- Hyphenation: po‧lo-neck
Noun
polo-neck (plural polo-necks)
Usage notes
Not to be confused with a polo shirt, also originally worn from the 1920s to play polo but having a different collar.
Derived terms
- polo-necked
Related terms
Translations
high collar covering the neck — see also turtleneck
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light type of shirt with such a collar
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References
- “polo neck, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2006; “polo neck, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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