four-in-hand

US: (fôr′in hand′, fōr′-)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

four-in-hand  (fôr′in hand′, fōr′-), n. 

1. Clothing a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
2. a vehicle drawn by four horses and driven by one person.
3. a team of four horses.

adj. 

4. of or pertaining to a four-in-hand.

• 1785–95

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four-in-hand noun

1. Also called: tally-ho a road vehicle drawn by four horses and driven by one driver
2. a four-horse team in a coach or carriage