Definition of "four-in-hand" [four-in-hand•four•-in-hand]

• A team of four horses controlled by one driver. (noun)
• A vehicle drawn by four horses. (noun)
• A necktie tied in a slipknot with long ends left hanging one in front of the other. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And as long as I rely on pebbles, I cannot truthfully speak of myself as "tooling a four-in-hand.""
• "“That's for sure,” said Duane Wade as he put the finishing touches on a four-in-hand knot in a British rep tie."
• "The four-in-hand matched his wife's red dress -- a sheath, of course."