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horse collar

horse collar noun: a part of a horse's harness that is used to distribute the load around its neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough. Also the alternative spelling of horsecollar.

horse collar: a part of a horse's harness that is used to distribute the load around its neck and shoulders when...
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Noun

horse collar (plural horse collars)

  1. A part of a horse's harness that is used to distribute the load around its neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough.
  2. (dated, slang) The vagina.
    • Starting all that again,
      should her horse collar sprout the fresh
      flowers of her grovelling desire. When
      she said, “I want a baby Henry,” it
      sounded like some grim confession. “I've
      got cancer.” “I had it with your best
      friend” “I want a baby, Henry.”[…]1975, Jeff Nuttall, You are Cordially Invited to the House Party
    • She lay on the bed and pulled her miniskirt down to reveal her horse collar. 'Well, pull it off,' said Audball. 'I'll have to take my boots off,' she warned. Never had Audball smelled anything so putrid, rank, foul and rotten as when she pulled off her boots. But his equipment was in a lift-off...2002 June 7, James A. Abrahamson, Confessions of a Diplomatic Pouch Clerk, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 326

Also used as

horse collar is also the alternative spelling of horsecollar.

Forms of horse collar

Noun
pluralhorse collars
Verb
third-person singular presenthorse collars
present participlehorse collaring
past participlehorse collared
pasthorse collared

Questions about horse collar

What does horse collar mean?
Horse collar means a part of a horse's harness that is used to distribute the load around its neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough.
What part of speech is horse collar?
Horse collar is a noun.
What is the plural of horse collar?
The plural of horse collar is horse collars.

Words near horse collar in the dictionary

  1. horse carts
  2. horse chestnut
  3. horse chestnuts
  4. horse cock
  5. horse cocks
  6. horse collar
  7. horse collared
  8. horse collaring
  9. horse collars
  10. horse comb
  11. horse combs

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