collarette

British  

/ ˌkɒləˈrɛt /

noun

1. a woman's fur or lace collar

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Example Sentences

In a discrete bed between his garage and rear deck, he grows his single-flowered dahlias — this is to minimize the risk of bees pollinating them with the fuller types — and here he points out Bloomquist Sweet, a strong pink collarette with a showy central disc, and the size of a saucer.

From Washington Post

I did not see very much because I held a collarette up to my face to protect it from the hot air, which was unutterably awful.

From Project Gutenberg

The music from the robins in the orchard filled my ears; soft winds stirred the lace on Sir William's cuffs and collarette.

From Project Gutenberg

"A young lady's dress of mauve silk with muslin collarette—ten francs!" he called.

From Project Gutenberg

She was well supplied with clothes, too well supplied, in fact, for she wore two shawls,—a large one, with a smaller one over it,—a high collarette, with a cravat twisted round it; a cap, and over it a bonnet decorated with a lot of frippery; in addition, she carried a flat box under her arm, which led Dodichet to observe: "This woman evidently carries a large part of her stock in trade about with her."

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