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Definitions for Collaring

[1] the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
[2] a similar but separate, detachable article of clothing worn around the neck or at the neckline of a garment. Compare clerical collar.
[3] anything worn or placed around the neck.
[4] a leather or metal band or a chain, fastened around the neck of an animal, used especially as a means of restraint or identification.
[5] the part of the harness that fits across the withers and over the shoulders of a draft animal, designed to distribute the pressure of the load drawn.
[6] an ornamental necklace worn as insignia of an order of knighthood.
[7] a narrow strip of leather or other material stitched around the top of a shoe as reinforcement or trimming.
[8] Zoology . any of various collarlike markings or structures around the neck; torque.
[9] Metallurgy . a raised area of metal for reinforcing a weld. a raised rim at the end of a roll in a rolling mill to check lateral expansion of the metal being rolled.
[10] Machinery . a short ring formed on or fastened over a rod or shaft as a locating or holding part.
[11] (in iron or steel construction) a rigid frame for maintaining the form of an opening.
[12] the upper rim of a borehole, shot hole, or mine shaft.
[13] Also called bracelet. a narrow horizontal molding encircling the top or bottom of a furniture leg.
[14] Glassmaking . merese.
[15] Informal . an arrest; capture. a person placed under arrest.
[16] to put a collar on; furnish with a collar: They finally succeeded in collaring the unwilling dog.
[17] to seize by the collar or neck: We collared the little fellow and brought him, struggling all the while, into the house.
[18] to detain (someone anxious to leave) in conversation: The reporters collared the witness for an hour.
[19] to lay hold of, seize, or take.
[20] Informal . to place under arrest.
[21] to roll up and bind (meat, fish, etc.) for cooking.
[22] Metalworking . (of a piece being rolled) to wrap itself around a roller.
[23] hot under the collar , Informal . angry; excited; upset.
[24] the part of a garment around the neck and shoulders, often detachable or folded over
[25] any band, necklace, garland, etc, encircling the neck a collar of flowers
[26] a band or chain of leather, rope, or metal placed around an animal's neck to restrain, harness, or identify it
[27] biology a marking or structure resembling a collar, such as that found around the necks of some birds or at the junction of a stem and a root
[28] a section of a shaft or rod having a locally increased diameter to provide a bearing seat or a locating ring
[29] a cut of meat, esp bacon, taken from around the neck of an animal
[30] hot under the collar informal aroused with anger, annoyance, etc
[31] to put a collar on; furnish with a collar
[32] to seize by the collar
[33] informal to seize; arrest; detain

Words related to Collaring

collarchoker, torque, frill, fraise, jabot, fichu, ruff, dicky, neckband, Vandyke, nab, cop, secure, capture, seize, tree, nail, arrest, appropriate, take

Words nearby Collaring

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Origin of Collaring

1250–1300; Middle English coler < Anglo-French; Old French colier < Latin collāre neckband, collar, equivalent to coll(um ) neck + -āre, neuter (as noun) of -āris -ar1; spelling later conformed to Latin (cf. -ar2)

Other words from Collaring

col·lar·less , adjective
un·col·lar , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Collaring

C13: from Latin collāre neckband, neck chain, collar, from collum neck

Synonyms for Collaring

choker, Vandyke, dicky, fichu, fraise, frill, jabot, neckband, ruff, torque, Eton, bertha