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Windsor knot

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Windsor knot
n.
A wide, triangular slipknot used to tie a four-in-hand necktie.

[Perhaps after the Duke of Windsor.]

Windsor knot
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Knots) a wide triangular knot, produced by making extra turns in tying a tie
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Noun1.Windsor knot - a wide triangular slipknot for tying a tieWindsor knot - a wide triangular slipknot for tying a tie
slipknot - a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made


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The Windsor knot can flexibly control the shape and size of the necktie knot, although it involves a bit more steps.
Both tie knots are closely related, and once you know how to tie the smaller, single Windsor knot, learning how to tie the double Windsor knot is only a short step away.
Fittingly for a race that shares the name of Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock operation, Godolphin have a good recent record in this, sending out three runners-up since 2002 as well as winning it with Windsor Knot last year.
 
 
 
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