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A long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other.
a coach pulled by four horses with one driver.
Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach.
A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver
A small necktie knot, for wear with a narrow-spread collar. A simple, slipknot necktie.
A team of four harness horses.
The simplest of neckwear knots to tie. Name comes from a coach being drawn by four horse in two teams, driven in tandem by a single person. Young blades took up the sport, organized into clubs and adopted the professional coachman's tie as a mark of distinction. A four-in-hand is a small knot for wear with a narrow-spread collar.
Another name for a typical necktie. Four-in-hands are tied in a traditional slip knot, with the long ends hanging down.
A four-in-hand is a carriage drawn by four horses that has the reins rigged in such a way that it could be driven by a single driver. Before the four-in-hand rigging was developed, two drivers were needed to handle four horses. In fact, with a four-in-hand, the solo driver could handle all four horses by holding all the reins in one hand, thus the name four-in-hand.