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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Collar(e, Colar(e, n. Also: collair. [Late ME. collar, colar, variant of coller, coler (see Coller n.), after L. collāre.]

1. The collar of a garment or piece of armour; a collar as an article of dress. 1473 Treas. Acc. I. 18.
To the King for double colare to put vnder his gowne ½ elne … of vellous Ib. 74.
Satyne for tippatis, colaris, and birlatis c1475 Wall. i. 222.
Fast by the collar Wallace couth him ta 1489 Acta Conc. 106/2.
A collare of dammes … , ij sarkis … , a brest curche 1503 Treas. Acc. II. 237.
For thre tymir of fyne pured grece to the cuffis, collair, eggis, and purphail of the said goun 1512 Ib. IV. 215.
For xx armyng [= ermine] bestis put in the fent, collar, and breist of the sam goune 1524 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 483.
Fatebatur … recepisse … vnam lie collar de abisso videlicet velvet 1533 Treas. Acc. VI. 275.
Velvet to covar the colar of the Kingis abiriowne c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 158.
Than drew he furth ane sharp dagair, And did him cleik be the collair 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV. 369 b.
Tua collaris of Frenche blak bard with weluot

2. A collar worn as an ornament. 1474 Treas. Acc. I. 68.
To … the Abbot of Halyrudhous bruthir sone, for a leueray colare of the Kingis, gevin … in the recompens of his colare that was gevin be the King to the Dens man of were Ib. 86.
A collar of cokkilschellis contenand xxiiij schellis of gold 1506 Orkney & Sh. Rec. I. 250.
My goldin chenye, the quhilk is callit ane collar 1513 Doug. i. ix. 133.
The collar pight with orient peirlys als, That sche vmquhile wair about hir hals a1585 Maitland Maitl. Q. ii. 36.
Thair collaris, carcattis, and hals beiddis 1596 Dalr. I. 48/4.
Ambre … women uses to … hing about thair halse for iewelis, colares, or broches

3. A collar for an animal. (Cf. dog-, hors-collar.) 1451 Exch. R. V. 485.
Pro … refeccione … collariorum pro ligatura eorundem [equorum] 1567 Bamff Chart. 71.
Ane dogleische and tua collaris

4. Naut. A spliced eye for attaching a stay. 1494 Treas. Acc. I. 254.
For boltis, chenȝeis, ȝong-frowis and collars, … to the bote 1512–3 Ib. IV. 473.
To a man that brocht the James [ship] colar of hir stay to the new havin