Collared

col·lar  (klr)

n.

1. The part of a garment that encircles the neck.

2. A necklace.

3.

a. A restraining or identifying band of leather, metal, or plastic put around the neck of an animal.

b. The cushioned part of a harness that presses against the shoulders of a draft animal.

4. Biology An encircling structure or bandlike marking, as around the neck of an animal, suggestive of a collar.

5. Any of various ringlike devices used to limit, guide, or secure a machine part.

6. Slang An arrest, as of a criminal.

tr.v. col·lared, col·lar·ing, col·lars

1. To furnish with a collar.

2. Slang

a. To seize or detain.

b. To arrest (a criminal, for example).

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[Middle English coler, from Old French colier, from Latin collre, from collum, neck; see k^wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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collared adj.