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falling collar

falling collar noun: a wide collar which lies flat.

Noun

falling collar (plural falling collars)

  1. A wide collar which lies flat
    • He flung the cloak most melodramatically over his left arm—took off the plumed hat, whose white feathers swept the floor—shewed a pair of silver-mounted pistols, and a dark-blue doublet laced with crimson and gold, and a worked falling collar.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 26

Forms of falling collar

pluralfalling collars

Questions about falling collar

What does falling collar mean?
Falling collar means a wide collar which lies flat.
What part of speech is falling collar?
Falling collar is a noun.
What is the plural of falling collar?
The plural of falling collar is falling collars.

Words near falling collar in the dictionary

  1. falling between two stools
  2. falling block
  3. falling blocks
  4. falling by
  5. falling by the wayside
  6. falling collar
  7. falling collars
  8. falling diphthong
  9. falling diphthongs
  10. falling down
  11. falling down on

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