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millstone collar

millstone collar noun: a ruff; a highly stiffened, pleated, or gathered collar that encircles the neck; popularized during the European Renaissance (mid-16th to mid-17th centuries).

Noun

millstone collar (plural millstone collars)

  1. A ruff; a highly stiffened, pleated, or gathered collar that encircles the neck; popularized during the European Renaissance (mid-16th to mid-17th centuries).
    • There she sits, with her chords and cogitations, which she learned as a child at the French royal court [...] She sits, in a millstone collar, sleeve puffs [...]1987, Hildesheimer, Wolfgang, 1916-, The collected stories of Wolfgang Hildesheimer, page 149
    • A man in a white millstone collar and black costume is viewed three-quarter length and turned to the right. His right hand is placed on his hip, and his left hand holds a pair of gloves. At the right on a table is a book with an hourglass on top of it.1990, Sutton, Peter C, Northern European Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, page 70

Examples of millstone collar in a sentence

  • They wear expensive lace cuffs; his is the lace collar customary for men whereas she wears a millstone collar, with an embroidered and ribboned cap, usually worn indoors or under another hat.2011, JANSON, “Renaissance Through Rococco”, in Janson's History Of Art, page 718:
  • A clown in white makeup and a millstone collar held a small monkey before a backdrop of sagging canvas2016, Drury, Tom, Hunts in dreams, page 168:

Forms of millstone collar

pluralmillstone collars

Questions about millstone collar

What does millstone collar mean?
Millstone collar means a ruff; a highly stiffened, pleated, or gathered collar that encircles the neck; popularized during the European Renaissance (mid-16th to mid-17th centuries).
How do you use millstone collar in a sentence?
They wear expensive lace cuffs; his is the lace collar customary for men whereas she wears a millstone collar, with an embroidered and ribboned cap, usually worn indoors or under another hat.
What part of speech is millstone collar?
Millstone collar is a noun.
What is the plural of millstone collar?
The plural of millstone collar is millstone collars.

Words near millstone collar in the dictionary

  1. Millspaughs
  2. millstead
  3. millsteads
  4. millstone
  5. millstone around one's neck
  6. millstone collar
  7. millstone grit
  8. millstone grits
  9. millstone round one's neck
  10. millstones
  11. millstream

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