collar

Meaning

1. Clothes that encircle the neck.
2. 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.
3. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
4. A chain worn around the neck.
5. A similar detachable item.
6. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
7. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
8. A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
9. A hangman's knot.
10. A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
11. Any encircling device or structure.
12. A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
13. To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
14. To place a collar on, to fit with one.
15. To surround or encircle.
16. To seize, capture or detain.
17. To steal.
18. To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
19. To arrest.
20. To bind in conversation.
21. To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
22. To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
23. A surname.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet.

Related words

Descendant words

• ကော်လာ(Burmese) (bor)
• kwala(Hausa) (bor)
• 카라(Korean) (der)
• cuello(Spanish) (cog)
• kola(Swahili) (bor)

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