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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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Jane dropped the fur collaret in her confusion.

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

Sometimes the collaret is interrupted in the middle.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

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 Norris, Frank

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

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

Instead she concerned herself with lifting the collaret of bells off over Mrs. Hadley-Smith's head and bestowing it upon the rounded shoulders of the girl.

From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

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