Ascot
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ascot in British English:
UK [ˈæskət]
How to pronounce Ascot in American English:
US [ˈæskət]
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- Noun:
- a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
Word Origin
- Ascot
- village near Windsor, Berkshire; site of fashionable race-meeting. Used attributively for clothes suitable for the event; especially a type of tie (1908). The town name is literally "eastern cottage."
Example
- 1. She is sponsoring us for the royal enclosure at ascot .
- 2. He hated mathematics and , at ascot school , he had to be frequently caned by the principal .
- 3. The company 's guests at ascot are entertained in the corporate hospitality tent .
- 4. A woman wears an ornate hat on the first day of the royal ascot horse race meeting at ascot , england .
- 5. He caught a tartar at the july meeting at newmarket when beaten into second by circumvent and went down by only a short head by the improving hanoverian baron at ascot when last seen .