collar

COLLAR, noun 1. Something worn round the neck, as a ring of metal, or a chain. The knights of several orders wear a chain of gold, enameled, and sometimes set with ciphers or other devices, to which the badge of the order is appended.2. The part of a garment which surrounds the neck. Job 30:18.3. A part of a harness for the neck of a horse or other beast, used in draught.4. Among seamen, the upper part of a stay; also, a rope in form of a wreath to which a stay is confined.To slip the collar is to escape or get free; to disentangle ones self from difficulty, labor, or engagement.A collar of brawn, is the quantity bound up in one parcel.COLLAR, verb transitive 1. To seize by the collar 2. To put a collar on.To collar beef or other meat, is to roll it up and bind it close with a string