" collar "

[Noun]  | "col*lar" | \ ˈkä-lər \

1: a band, strip, or chain worn around the neck: such as

2: a band that serves to finish or decorate the neckline of a garment

3: a short necklace

Origin: 13th century ;

 Latinization of earlier and Middle English coler, borrowed from Anglo-French coler, colere "collar, necklace" (also continental Old French coler), going back to Latin collāre "neck band, collar," noun derivative from neuter of collāris "of the neck," from collum, collus "neck" + -āris {see: |-ar|-ar}; collum, collus going back to dialectal Indo-European *k(w)olso-, whence also Germanic *halsa-, whence Old English heals, hals "neck," Old Frisian hals, hāls, Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Icelandic & Gothic hals;

  * Note : Old French also has collier "collar for an animal," going back to Late Latin collārium, attested ca. 500, from collāre by suffix substitution; this is the source of modern French collier "collar, necklace." — The etymon *k(w)olso- is often taken to be based on Indo-European *kwel- "turn," perhaps as a thematized derivative *kwels-o-/*kwols-o- of the s-stem see:n in Old Church Slavic koles-, kolo "wheel" (see: {wheel:1|wheel:1}). Comparable would be Lithuanian kãklas "neck, throat," from reduplicated *kwo-kwl-o, the neck being the body part that turns the head. However, it has been objected that *kwo- in Germanic would not necessarily lose rounding. The precise formation is in any case limited to Italic and Germanic.;

[Noun]  | "collar cell" 

1: a flagellated endodermal cell that lines the cavity of a sponge and has a contractile protoplasmic cup surrounding the flagellum —called also choanocyte

Origin: circa 1889 ;

[Noun]  | "brass collar Democrat" 

1: a conservative Democrat especially in the south who votes the straight Democratic ticket

Origin: 1951 ;

[Noun]  | "clerical collar" 

1: a narrow stiffly upright white collar worn buttoned at the back of the neck by members of the clergy

Origin: 1726 ;

[Noun]  | "dog collar" 

1: a collar for a dog

2: clerical collar

3: a wide flexible snug-fitting necklace

Origin: 15th century ;

[Noun]  | "e-col*lar" | \ ˈē-ˌkä-lər \

1: elizabethan collar

2: electronic collar

Origin: 1995 ;

[Noun]  | "electronic collar" 

1: a collar that is placed on an animal (such as a wild animal or a hunting dog) and that transmits an electronic signal which can be used for tracking

2: a collar used chiefly on a dog that typically delivers a mild shock or sometimes a vibration or sound upon receiving a signal from a remote transmitter and is used especially to train a dog to respond to commands, stop unwanted behaviors, or confine itself to a fixed perimeter

Origin: 1960 ;

[Noun]  | "Elizabethan collar" 

1: ruff

2: a typically cone-shaped veterinary device of stiff material (such as plastic) placed about the neck of an animal and usually a cat or dog to prevent it from licking, biting, or scratching a wound or injury or to stop obsessive licking or grooming —called also e-collar

Origin: 1833 ;

[Verb]  | "collar" 

1: to seize by the collar or neck

2: arrest, grab

3: to get control of : preempt

Origin: 1613 ;

 Derivative of {see: |collar:1|collar:1};

[Adjective]  | "blue-col*lar" | \ ˈblü-ˈkä-lər \

1: of, relating to, or constituting the class of wage earners whose duties call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing

2: having characteristics associated with blue-collar workers: such as

3: having, showing, or appealing to unpretentious or unsophisticated tastes

Origin: 1929 ;

[Noun]  | "collar" 

[Noun]  | "dog collar" 

[Verb]  | "collar" 

[Phrase]  | "hot under the collar"