collaret

American  

[kol-uh-ret] / ˌkɒl əˈrɛt /

Or collarette

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of collaret

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

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Example Sentences

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collaret

The breast is, in its turn, separated from the greyish abdomen by a broad black band, which ornithologists term a collaret.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar

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

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar

In the coils and masses of her black hair she fixed her two great cabochons of pearls, and clasped about her neck her palm-broad collaret of pearls and diamonds.

From The Pit by Frank Norris

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 Grace Aguilar

Veronique was expecting him, dressed in her blue silk gown and muslin guimpe, over which fell a collaret made of lawn with a deep hem.

From The Village Rector by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

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