"four-in-hand" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: four-in-hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} four-in-hand (plural four-in-hands)
  1. A carriage drawn by four horses controlled by one driver. Synonyms: coach-and-four Translations (carriage): négyes fogat (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-four-in-hand-en-noun-shNC0XlW Disambiguation of 'carriage': 100 0
  2. (chiefly US) A slip knot with one end hanging in front of the other; a simple necktie. Tags: US Categories (topical): Carriages, Four Synonyms: schoolboy knot
    Sense id: en-four-in-hand-en-noun-0t~e2FGi Disambiguation of Carriages: 35 65 Disambiguation of Four: 43 57 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 92

Inflected forms

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