Толковый словарь английского языка - collar
Collar
collar
I. noun see: wheel Date: 14th century a band, strip, or chain worn around the neck: as, a band that serves to finish or decorate the neckline of a garment, a short necklace, a band placed about the neck of an animal, a part of the harness of draft animals fitted over the shoulders and taking strain when a load is drawn, an indication of control ; a token of subservience, a protective or supportive device (as a brace or cast) worn around the neck, clerical ~ , something resembling a ~ in shape or use (as a ring or round flange to restrain motion or hold something in place), any of various animal structures or markings similar to a ~, an act of ~ing ; arrest , capture , ~ed adjective ~less adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1613 1. to seize by the ~ or neck, arrest , grab , to get control of ; preempt , to stop and detain in unwilling conversation , to put a ~ on
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n. & v. --n. 1 the part of a shirt, dress, coat, etc., that goes round the neck, either upright or turned over. 2 a band of linen, lace, etc., completing the upper part of a costume. 3 a band of leather or other material put round an animal's (esp. a dog's) neck. 4 a restraining or connecting band, ring, or pipe in machinery. 5 a coloured marking resembling a collar round the neck of a bird or animal. 6 Brit. a piece of meat rolled up and tied. --v.tr. 1 seize (a person) by the collar or neck. 2 capture, apprehend. 3 colloq. accost. 4 sl. take, esp. illicitly. Phrases and idioms collar-beam a horizontal beam connecting two rafters and forming with them an A-shaped roof-truss. collar-bone either of two bones joining the breastbone and the shoulder-blades. collared dove a dove, Streptopelia decaoto, having distinct neck-markings. Derivatives collared adj. (also in comb.). collarless adj. Etymology: ME f. AF coler, OF colier, f. L collare f. collum neck ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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