necklace English
Noun
( en noun)
An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
(figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
- a necklace of coral islands
(South Africa) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
* (projectlink)
* 4 August, 2004' Headline Pretoria News: ' Necklacing: 7 held .
- Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace " murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
* 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
- Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution
* 2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
- In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?
Verb
( necklac)
(South Africa) To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.
* May 29 2003 : The Star:
- Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.
* 2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
- Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced , and their houses have been destroyed
* 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
- The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.
Derived terms
* necklacing
* pearl necklace
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collar English
Noun
( en noun)
Anything that encircles the neck.
#The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
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#*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar .
#*, chapter=5
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars , and red neckbands.}}
#A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
#A chain worn around the neck.
#A similar detachable item.
#A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
#A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
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#A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
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(lb) Any encircling device or structure.
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#(lb) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
#(lb) A ring or cincture.
#(lb) A collar beam.
#(lb) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
#:(Raymond)
(lb) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
(lb) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
:(Gray)
A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
(lb) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
Derived terms
* blue-collar
* bottle collar
* brass-collar
* change collars
* choke collar
* collar stud
* collarbone
* collared lizard
* dog collar
* equity collar
* Eton collar
* feel someone's collar
* flea collar
* floatation collar
* head collar
* hot under the collar
* interest rate collar
* mandarin collar
* Peter Pan collar
* pink-collar
* rain collar
* Roman collar
* sailor collar
* shawl collar
* storm collar
* Vandyke collar
* white-collar
* white-collar crime
* wing collar
Related terms
* accolade
Verb
( en verb)
To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- Collar and leash aggressive dogs.
To seize, capture or detain.
To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
(law enforcement) To arrest.
(figuratively) To bind in conversation.
- I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.
To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
(BDSM) To bind a submissive to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
Derived terms
* collaring
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