Sentence:  It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin <WSD>cravat</WSD> wound about his wide-spread collar. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.