collerette (kol-rèt), n.f., collar (for ladies); (bot.) involucrum; (tech.) flange.
collet, n.m., collar (of a gown, coat); cape; bands (for the neck); neck (of teeth); (hunt.) snare; crown (of anchors); (tech.) collet; clergyman. — montant; stand-up collar. — rabattu; turned-down collar. Petit —; one of the cloth, young clergyman. — monté; buckram collar. Un — monté; a stuck-up, strait-laced, prudish person. — de mouton; neck of mutton. Prendre, saisir, quelqu’un au —; to collar any one. Prêter le — à quelqu’un; to cope with any one, to try one’s strength with any one. Tendre un —; to set a snare.
colleter (kol-té), v.a., to collar any one, to seize any one by the neck.
se colleter, v.r., to collar each other; to lay hold of each other by the collar, to grapple with, to wrestle.
colleter, v.n., to set snares (for game).
colleteur, n.m., gin-setter; (pop.) wrangler, fighter.
colleur, n.m., paper-hanger; gluer; paster; bill-sticker; sizer.
collier, n.m., collar; ring (mark round the neck of certain animals); bow (of spurs); (arch., tech.) collar; necklace. Cheval de —; draught-horse. — de force; training collar. — de misère; drudgery. Donner un coup de —; to make a strenuous effort. Être franc du —; never to shirk one’s work; to be always in earnest; (of a horse) to work well.
☉colliger, v.a., to collect, to cull.
colline, n.f., hill, hillock. La double —; Parnassus. Gagner la —; to take to one’s heels. Le penchant d’une —; the declivity of a hill; a hill-slope.