collaret

American  

[kol-uh-ret] / ˌkɒl əˈrɛt /

Or collarette

noun

1. a small ornamental collar of fur, lace, or other material, worn by women.

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Etymology

Origin of collaret

1680–90; collar + -et, modeled on French collerette

Example Sentences

Sometimes the collaret is interrupted in the middle.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

The lower plumage is white save for a blue collaret, which is interrupted in the middle.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

Jane dropped the fur collaret in her confusion.

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

In the coils and masses of her black hair she fixed her two great cabochons of pearls, and clasped about her neck her palm-broad collaret of pearls and diamonds.

From The Pit by Norris, Frank

Veronique was expecting him, dressed in her blue silk gown and muslin guimpe, over which fell a collaret made of lawn with a deep hem.

From The Village Rector by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott