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storm collar

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noun

  1. a high collar on a coat

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Equipped with watertight cuffs, the reversible jacket has a fluorescent signal-yellow side that is highly visible on or in the water, while a high storm collar conceals a folding, zip-off hood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Presently Jack's face appeared from amidst the folds of the muffler which kept her storm collar fast round her neck and ears.

From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Cullum, Ridgwell

He slipped into his fur coat and turned up the storm collar.

From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Cullum, Ridgwell

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