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Vandyke collar

American  
Or vandyke collar

noun

  1. a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.


Vandyke collar British  

noun

  1. Often shortened to: Vandyke.  a large white collar with several very deep points

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Vandyked′, notched with large points like a Vandyke collar.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Not in military uniform, however, but dressed in a plain doublet of dark grey cloth, with a broad Vandyke collar, high-crowned hat, buff boots reaching above the knees, and turned over at the tips.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne