choke chain

noun

1. a collar and lead for a dog so designed that if the dog drags on the lead the collar tightens round its neck

Example Sentences

When a coyote walks into a snare trap, a loop pulls tight “like a choke chain,” and holds it in place, The Times reported in a 2009 profile on Rizzo.

From Los Angeles Times

Not a choke chain—something like a head halter will work much better.

From Slate

KFYR-TV reports Tigris is 3 ½ years old and was last seen wearing his metal “choke chain” collar.

From Seattle Times

All of them had the sleeves cut off above the elbow so that they wouldn’t have any buttons around that might snag and pull an arm into some choke chain, where it would be crushed by a log.

From Literature

He passed on photographing a brown collie mix wearing a choke chain, for example, because he knew it would get a rise out of commenters who find it cruel.

From The Guardian