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• n  a man's tie that ties in a bow

• But modern, mostly decorative neckwear dates from King Louis XIV of France, who first popularized the tie's predecessor, the cravat, after spotting the bow-tie-like embellishment .
• Her circus-aerialist bustier is fronted with a bow-tie bodice; a top hat frames her pale face.

• bow tie
• bowtie

News & Articles

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• Bulls draft pick Erik Murphy gets vocal lift from fellow Florida Gator Joakim Noah
  CHICAGO — Apparently, Joakim Noah’s draft-day exuberance isn’t limited to his classic seersucker suit and bow-tie look when the Bulls selected him in 2007.
  June 29, 2013 - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Quotes

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• Colin Cowherd in Roanoke Times
  UVa football is the softest bunch of creampuff, bow-tie wearing, brie-cheese-eating, ascot-wearing wussies I have ever seen in my life,Cowherd said. "There's not a softer bunch of cookie-dough-eating wienies than the UVa football...