Definitions for shoulder-knot

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shoulder-knot shoulder knot

Shoulder-Knot is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 1345 anagrams from letters in shoulder-knot (-dehklnoorstu).

Definitions for shoulder-knot

noun

1. a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
2. one of a pair of detachable ceremonial ornaments consisting of braided cord, worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.

Origin of shoulder-knot

First recorded in 1670-80

Examples for shoulder-knot

His hose, his stockings and the lining of his cloak were blue and of the color of his shoulder knot.

He was now in an adjutant's uniform with one epaulet and a shoulder knot.

In the Lieutenants hands were the staff and hat, the shoulder knot, badge and neckerchief of the Tenderfoot Elise.