shoulder-knot
English
Alternative forms
- shoulder knot
Noun
shoulder-knot (plural shoulder-knots)
- (historical) An ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulders of fashionable men's jackets, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson
- ‘May I?’ she whispered, smiling round into his face. His shoulder-knots just perceptibly rose.
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson
- A similar ornament of other materials worn on a military dress uniform.
- A moth bearing a resemblance to such ornaments.
Derived terms
- Blair's shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri)
- grey shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus)
- minor shoulder-knot (Brachylomia viminalis)
- rustic shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)
- rusty shoulder-knot (Aseptis binotata)