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Definition of Crew neck
1. Noun. A plain straight neckline opening from shoulder to shoulder of sweaters.
Definition of Crew neck
1. Adjective. Referring to the collar of pullover garments, where the collar circles the neck, usually of sweaters and T-shirts. Often '''crew necked'''. ¹
2. Adjective. Occasionally, a collar whose front is meant to ride up onto the neck, sometimes to Adam's apple level, more often termed as high crew. ¹
3. Noun. Any garment with a crew neck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crew Neck
Literary usage of Crew neck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oriental Sporting Magazine: From June 1828 to June 1833. (1873)
"Now, now for our push, cried the jovial crew, Neck and neck were they yet, 'twas
a desperate screw, For they rode—call it riding ? ..."
2. Police Body Armor Standards and Testing by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1992)
"... a V-neck rather than a crew-neck on the front panel, because the crew-neck
would show in the open collar worn in the summer by officers on the street. ..."
3. Wild Winds: Adventures in the Highest Andes by Ed Darack (2001)
"I concentrate ous every move over the sharp, jagged. and loosely-balanced rocks.
I tear the top of nuy crew-neck polypropylene shirt to keep it ..."
4. Brambletye House, Or, Cavaliers and Roundheads by Horace Smith (1837)
"... and at the same moment the sailors jumped into the Tower wherry, tossed its
crew neck and heels, with the exception of Jocelyn, into the Dutch boat, ..."
5. Brambletye House; Or, Cavaliers and Roundheads: Or, Cavaliers and Roundheads by Horace Smith (1826)
"... and at the same moment the sailors jumped into the Tower-wherry, tossed its
crew neck and heels, with the exception of Joce- lyn, into the Dutch boat, ..."
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