Collarless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a garment, having no collar. not-comparable

    "Their records have sold 2,500,000 copies, and crowds stampede for a chance to touch the hem of the collarless coats sported onstage by all four of them."

  2. 2
    Of a man, not wearing a detachable collar. not-comparable, obsolete

    "The driver of the jitney was a young, swarthy prairie man, in shirt sleeves, and collarless, with a derby on one side of his head […]"

  3. 3
    Of a dog, not wearing a dog collar. not-comparable

    "I wandered about Paris like a lost dog, like a collarless dog."

Adjective
  1. 1
    without a collar wordnet

Example

More examples

"Their records have sold 2,500,000 copies, and crowds stampede for a chance to touch the hem of the collarless coats sported onstage by all four of them."

Etymology

From collar + -less.

Related phrases

dog collar

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