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

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

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

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

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

I want some to match a collaret of my own; and I cant get it at Perry and John's.

From Fanny's First Play by Bernard Shaw

Sometimes the collaret is interrupted in the middle.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar

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