Worsted Comforters

Also called comfortables. 

Sir Francis d' Ivernois, Historical and Political Survey of... 1799, "round his neck he wore a flaming red worsted comforter..."

Laetitia Matilda Hawkins, Heraline; Or, Opposite Proce... 1821, "round his neck was a knit-worsted 'comforter', a present..."

Supplement to The Connecticut Courant 1827, "in a thick great coat, and worsted comforter, who...."

William Carleton, Tales of Ireland. By the Author of "Tr... 1834, "my neck was secured by a worsted comforter, for there was a black intense frost..."

Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Cheveley; or, the Man of honour... 1839, "and their faces half hid in green worsted comfortables..."