Eton collar

American  

noun

1. a broad, stiff collar, originally of linen, as that worn folded outside an Eton jacket.

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Eton collar British  

noun

1. a broad stiff white collar worn outside an Eton jacket

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Etymology

Origin of Eton collar

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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Eton collar

At 14 he was not wearing an Eton collar but windjamming on seas high and wild.

From Time Magazine Archive

In those days, if you were a boy you had to wear a stiff Eton collar every day, and schools were usually nastier than now.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

Twenty people, perhaps, were dining; but there was no slim figure in short black jacket, Eton collar, and loose silk tie; no curly chestnut head; no blue-star eyes.

From The Princess Passes by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

She was even differently dressed, in something dark and girlish with a boyish white Eton collar.

From Dangerous Days by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

He looked so surprised, and he was so large to be wearing an Eton collar, that the others could not help laughing.

From Five Children and It by Nesbit, E. (Edith)