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collaret

American  
[kol-uh-ret] / ˌkɒl əˈrɛt /
Or collarette

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of collaret

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

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The tiny white silk slipper, embroidered in pearl, a collaret and bracelets of the same beautiful ornament, of very large size, completed her costume.

From The Vale of Cedars by Aguilar, Grace

Sometimes the collaret is interrupted in the middle.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

When she came in her angelic face was as white as the collaret which encircled her throat, and the scar was more livid than usual.

From The Grey Cloak by Peirce, Thomas Mitchell

Jane dropped the fur collaret in her confusion.

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

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

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

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