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col·lar I. \ˈkälə(r)\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coller, coler, from Old French coler, colier necklace, collar, from Latin collare, from collum neck; akin to Old English heals neck, Old High German, Old Norse, & Gothic hals neck, Old English hwēol wheel — more at wheel 1. : a band, strip, or chain worn or placed around the neck: as a. obsolete : neck armor : a hauberk neckpiece b. : an attached or separate band that varies in shape and size and serves to finish or decorate the neckline of a garment or costume — see ruff, shawl collar, wing collar c. : a short necklace : an ornamental band or chain d. : a band placed around the neck of a dog, cat, or other animal to lead, restrain, identify, or adorn e. : a part of the harness of draft animals fitted over the shoulders and taking the strain when a load is being drawn f. : a band often of iron placed around a prisoner's or slave's neck to confine or identify g. : an ornament or badge (as a necklace) used as an insignia of an order of knighthood h. : an indication of control : a token that another is subservient to one < an independent refusing to wear any man's collar > i. : a bandage, brace, cast, or other protecting or supporting device worn around the neck 2. : an encircling band, strap, or ring to check, guide, guard, or adorn: as a. : an eye in the bight or end of a stay or shroud to go over the masthead b. : a strap or grommet to secure a heart or deadeye c. : a filler plate or shape fitted around a structural shape (as an angle or beam) passing through a bulkhead or deck d. : a ring or round flange upon, around, or against an object chiefly to restrain motion within given limits, to hold something in place, or to cover an opening (as on a shaft to prevent endwise motion or around a pipe where it enters a wall) e. (1) : a curb around the mouth of a mine shaft : the immediate vicinity of the mouth of a shaft (2) : the rock surrounding the mouth of a drill hole f. : a piece of leather, fur, or fabric stitched around the top of a shoe or boot upper usually for ornament — compare cuff; see shoe illustration g. : a ring on a coining press confining a planchet while it is being struck and impressing a milling or edge lettering h. : a narrow molding near the top or bottom of the leg of a piece of furniture 3. a. Britain : a piece of meat or fish rolled or coiled and tied close b. zoology : any of various structures or markings likened to a collar: as (1) : a band of specially colored feathers about a bird's neck (2) : the prothorax of an insect especially when lengthened, narrowed, or specially modified (3) : the choana of a choanocyte or a choanate flagellate c. (1) : ring, cincture (2) : a necking in certain orders (as the classic Tuscan) (3) : collar beam d. (1) : collet I 3 (2) : the annulus of a mushroom (3) : a ringlike mass of tissue around the base of the ovule in ginkgo e. : an abrupt increase in the thickness of the rim of a pottery vessel or a change of direction in the vessel wall that serves to set off a band near the top f. : the layer of foam on top of a glass of beer g. : a band of rocks encircling rocks of another kind of or different structure < a collar of sedimentary rock > 4. : an act of collaring : arrest, capture II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb 1. a. : to seize by the collar or neck : obtain a hold on the neck of < a wrestler collaring an opponent > b. : capture, tackle, nab < to dart among the crowd and collar the delinquent — Sheridan Le Fanu > c. : to attain to forceful possession of : grasp, grab < the circle broke up, each collaring his own jug — Thomas Hughes > d. : to take or gain possession or control especially of what is not rightfully one's own < collar his partner's share of the profits > e. : to stop or corner and detain in unwilling conversation < collar the guest of honor > f. : to draw up to and pass < the favorite collared the tiring longshot in the stretch > 2. a. : to put a collar on : adorn with a collar < collar a coat > : form a collar around b. : to fasten a collar on (an animal) 3. : to roll up and tie (meat or fish) for cooking; specifically : to roll up and fit into a mold and cook with herbs and spices < collared eels > intransitive verb : to wind around a roll instead of moving straight through — used of a steel bar in a rolling mill |