neckerchief (nekerchif)

[ They had mantles of scarlet furred, and euerie mantle had lettice about the necke like a neckerchief. Stow , Hen. VIII., an. 1533. neck-guard (nek'gärd), n. An attachment to a helmet serving to protect the neck. See camail and couvre - nuque, and cut under armet. neck-hackle (nek'hak'l), n. A feather from the neck of the domestic fowl, particularly such a feather from the cock bird, used by anglers in the manufacture of artificial flies; a hackle feather: distinguished from saddle - hackle, though the feathers are of much the same char acter.