[ noun ] a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin <noun.artifact>
ascot \ascot\ n. [from the fashionable clothjing worn at the Ascot races.] a cravat with wide square ends, tied so that the ends are laid flat; the ends are often secured with an ornamental pin; -- called {cravat} in Britain. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
In London, the lack of U.K. economic indicators or major corporate news, combined with the Royal Ascot horse race meeting kept investment interest at a minimum, dealers said.
THE GREAT thing about Ascot-dress is never, ever to confuse it with fashion. Ascot, like most of the summer events which collectively make-up the season, could be declared a fashion-free zone.
Officials at Ascot retain this charming old-fashioned notion that the punters do not wished to be disturbed by vulgar photographers and so keep them herded on a balcony.
"It's become a bit like Ascot without hats," proclaimed a well-dressed participant as she sized up a passing Chanel suit.
Today, the upper ranks of English society still drink Pimm's, though in weather that is rather damper and at contests somewhat tamer: the Ascot horse races, the Wimbledon tennis tournament, the Henley rowing regatta.
The major was playfully prodded with an umbrella by Diana and Sarah at the races at Royal Ascot last June, to the crowd's delight.
Racing at Ascot was called off and BBC television offered to take the second half of the Wasps v Bath game live for Pounds 15,000. The senior clubs refused, fearing it would harm their gates that afternoon.
Fashionably dressed race goers at the opening of the four-day Royal Ascot meet sweltered in 88-degree heat and more than 50 collapsed, first-aid workers reported.
Bright sunshine bathed the royal, the fashionable and the merely curious at the opening of the Royal Ascot horse races near London.
Surely in this age of sleek and professional management, no one takes decisions based on Wimbledon tickets or a box at Ascot.