Definition of collar

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Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

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Rabato :: Rabato (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
Bertha :: Bertha (n.) A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.
Macavahu :: Macavahu (n.) A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), -- called also collared teetee..
Oxbow :: Oxbow (n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river..
Trash :: Trash (n.) A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game..
Ringbird :: Ringbird (n.) The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.
Fin :: Fin (n.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling.
Spanpiece :: Spanpiece (n.) The collar of a roof; sparpiece.
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children..
Collar :: Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order..
Vandyke :: Vandyke (n.) A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge..
Piccadilly :: Piccadilly (n.) A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century..
Garrote :: Garrote (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted..
Stud :: Stud (n.) An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable..
Torque :: Torque (n.) A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons..
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal..
Collar :: Collar (v. t.) To seize by the collar.
George :: George (n.) A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter..
Subcolumnar :: Subclavian (a.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries..
Ruche :: Ruche (n.) A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets..
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