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horse-collar

horse-collar is the alternative spelling of horsecollar.

Meaning of horsecollar

Verb

horsecollar (third-person singular simple present horsecollars, present participle horsecollaring, simple past and past participle horsecollared)

  1. (transitive) To grab someone by the head or neck, using one's arms and hands as a collar.

Forms of horse-collar

pluralhorse-collars

Questions about horse-collar

What is horse-collar the alternative spelling of?
Horse-collar is the alternative spelling of horsecollar.

Words near horse-collar in the dictionary

  1. horse-breaker
  2. horse-cart
  3. horse-carts
  4. horse-chestnut
  5. horse-chestnuts
  6. horse-collar
  7. horse-collars
  8. horse-comb
  9. horse-combs
  10. horse-drawn
  11. horse-drench

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horse-collar (page history and authors); horsecollar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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