n.
    - a band of material around the neck of a shirt or other garment, either upright or turned over.
 - a band put around the neck of a domestic animal, used to restrain or control it.
 - a connecting band or pipe in a piece of machinery.
 - Brit. a piece of meat rolled up and tied. 
▸a cut of bacon taken from the neck of a pig.
 
v.
 informal seize or apprehend (someone).
 
  Derivative
  
    - collared adj.
  - collarless adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. colier, from L. collare ‘band for the neck’, from collum ‘neck’.