collaret

Or col·lar·ette

[kol-uh-ret]

noun

1. a small ornamental collar of fur, lace, or other material, worn by women.

Word History and Origins

Origin of collaret¹

1680–90; collar + -et, modeled on French collerette

Example Sentences

Wearing new boots, his best sailor suit and collaret, they caught the train to Brecon before they both set off on a four-mile walk to the farm set in a deep valley below the highest summit in south Wales, Pen-y-Fan.

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Jane dropped the fur collaret in her confusion.

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“Thank you,” said Jane, as she received the collaret.

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Jane took off her mink-fur collaret, which was sadly worn.

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The lower plumage is white save for a blue collaret, which is interrupted in the middle.

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