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A leash for your neck that somehow signals power instead of capture.
means The part of a shirt or coat that encircles the neck, or a band fastened around the neck of an animal — and, by extension, to seize or detain someone.
from From Latin 'collare,' a band for the neck, built on 'collum,' meaning 'neck' itself. It traveled through Old French as 'coler' before settling into English. That same 'collum' likely shares deep roots with words for things that turn or revolve — fitting, since the neck is where the head pivots. The sense of 'collar' as 'to grab and hold' is newer, the natural drift from a thing that encircles a throat to the act of grabbing someone by it.
- power suit
- White collars named an entire class of worker
- arrest slang
- To collar means to catch a criminal
- detachable era
- Victorians swapped collars to skip laundering whole shirts
- dog command
- The collar predates the leash by centuries
- hot pursuit
- Heat collapses starch, hence collapsing collars in summer
roman military collar — torques worn by celtic and germanic warriors, adopted by roman soldiers around 100 bce
elizabethan ruff — enormous pleated linen collar worn at english court in 1550s-1600s, requiring 15+ yards of fabric per collar
dog collar — victorian accessory popularized by queen victoria wearing choker-style collars in the 1880s