collars

Noun

collar (plural collars)

1. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
   • 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 cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01
2. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
3. A chain worn around the neck.
4. A similar detachable item.
5. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
6. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
   • Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.

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