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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
neckline
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
plunging neckline
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
low
▪ It has a low, scooped neckline front and back and high-cut sides to flatter your legs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a black dress with a low neckline
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Above the scoop neckline of her peacock blue dress, an ill-defined rash of mottled pink broke out, then faded.
▪ I then cut out the neckline and sew in the usual way.
▪ It has a low, scooped neckline front and back and high-cut sides to flatter your legs.
▪ Team eye-catching checks and a fitted blouse with a sweetheart neckline, for the ultimate in 50s glamour.
▪ The neck was low and a narrow double ruffle decorated the neckline.
▪ To decrease the depth of a V neckline, deduct 1 from this figure for each 0.5 centimetre required.
▪ Top A neat fitting top with a flattering neckline and self-covered buttons down the front. 100% cotton jersey, machine washable.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
neckline

also neck-line, of a garment, 1900, from neck (n.) + line (n.).

Wiktionary
neckline

n. The line followed by an article of clothing below the neck.

WordNet
neckline

n. the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck

Wikipedia
Neckline

The neckline is the top edge of a garment that surrounds the neck, especially from the front view. Neckline also refers to the overall line between all the layers of clothing and the neck and shoulders of a person, ignoring the unseen undergarments.

For each garment worn above the waist, the neckline is primarily a style line and may be a boundary for further shaping of the upper edge of a garment with, for example, a collar, cowl, darts or pleats. In that respect it is similar to the waistline and hemline.

Usage examples of "neckline".

Felicia took note of the fashionably low neckline, and her hand crept up to ringer the delicate aerophane crepe that fashioned the upper portion of her bodice, then formed a ruff at her neck.

The matching full-length gown hung straight below the swell of her breasts, demurely hiding her legs, but the neckline was low, exposing even more of her creamy flesh through a cutwork motif.

Suddenly nervous, she patted her throat and tugged at the neckline of hek new nightgown.

The wrapped neckline of the kebaya had fallen open to reveal tantalizing curves.

It was a lushy extravagant garment with its low, square neckline and full, loose sleeves.

It was a misty blue and green pattern in organza with a wide neckline and long tight sleeves, and she knew that she looked good in it.

The garment was beautifully made, shimmering green with little ruches of white satin at the neckline that reminded her of foam on the waves.

Instead of the clinging bias-cut dresses she usually wore she had this latest fashion: double-tier full skirt with ruched bodice, low straight neckline and halter strap.

The ruched bodice was fitted with a heart shaped neckline and a waistline that dropped slightly below her natural waist to end at a point just above her navel.

Her ponytail hairdo went perfectly with the outfit, although the plunging neckline of the top and the skimpiness of the half-bra revealed more of her bosom than she had bargained for.

Mistress Anan studied him with her arms folded beneath her breasts in a way that increased the generous cleavage displayed by her plunging neckline.

The silk overgown, open-sided in the Viking style, was a deep crimson with matching bands of embroidery at the hem and neckline.

She chose a black silky sleeveless dress with scalloping at the hemline and around the deep V neckline.

A soft white shert covered his taut body down to the wrists, and faded brown braies hugged his thick thigh and calf muscles down to the ankles, but Eadyth knew from his swollen face and the reddening bite wounds evident in the open neckline that he suffered terribly with the urge to scratch.

A couple times Gately had to actually finger an ice cube out of a highball and slip it under the shoulderless neckline of P.