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Encyclopedia > Collar (animal)

The collar on a draught animal is a robustly constructed leather and straw device that is intended to sit comfortably on the animal's shoulders around its neck and support a set of hames that transfer the draught forces from the animal to the traces. A draught animal is a (semi-)domesticated animal used for transport and haulage (the heavy labour of pulling carts, hauling timber and ploughing fields are examples). ... Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides, pelts and skins of animals, primarily cows. ... Straw is the dry stalk of a cereal plant, after the nutrient grain or seed has been removed. ... See Trantor a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire Series of science-fiction novels. ...


A collar can also be a piece of material put around the neck of an animal, typically a pet, for control, identification, or other purposes. Identification tags and medical information is often placed on collars. Collars are also useful for controlling the animal, as they provide a handle for grabbing.

  • Buckle collars, also called flat collars, are usually nylon or leather with a buckle similar to a belt buckle or a quick-release buckle, either of which holds the collar loosely around the animal's neck. Usually identification is attached to such a collar; it also comes with a loop to which a leash can be fastened.
Nylon quick-release buckle collar with identification and medical tags.
Nylon quick-release buckle collar with identification and medical tags.
  • Flea collars are impregnated with chemicals that repel fleas. They are usually a supplementary collar, worn in addition to the conventional buckle collar.
  • Elizabethan collars are shaped like lamp shades and prevent a pet from licking something on their body, usually a wound.

The collar has been adopted by the BDSM community. In a BDSM context, a collar represents subservience of one kind or another. Collars are also used non-symbolically in the BDSM scene as fetish gear. These collars are often worn purely as fashion. See Collar (BDSM). quick-release buckle collar taken by Elf | Talk 17:46, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC) Dec 04 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... quick-release buckle collar taken by Elf | Talk 17:46, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC) Dec 04 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Families Tungidae - Sticktight and Chigoe fleas (Chiggers) Pulicidae - Common fleas Coptopsyllidae Vermipsyllidae - Carnivore fleas Rhopalopsyllidae - Marsupial fleas Hypsophthalmidae Stephanocircidae Pygiopsyllidae Hystrichopsyllidae - Rat and mouse fleas Leptopsyllidae - Bird and rabbit fleas Ischnopsyllidae - Bat fleas Ceratophyllidae Amphipsyllidae Malacopsyllidae Dolichopsyllidae - Rodent fleas Ctenopsyllidae Flea is the common name for any of the small... A collar is a common symbol of BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. ... This article concerns the concept of fetishism in anthropology. ... A BDSM-style collar that buckles in the neck. ...


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Collar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (165 words)
A collar is something which goes around the neck of a person, animal, or thing (such as a bottle).
Collar (animal), a strap for an animal's neck to which a leash or harness may be attached.
Collar (jewelry), an ornament for the neck, especially a close-fitting necklace popular in the Edwardian period and sporadically thereafter, or a livery collar worn around the neck and shoulders as a mark of office.
Technical Note: Breakaway and Expansion Collars (1310 words)
Expandable collars are designed to allow for growth in young animals, neck expansion of male ungulates during rut, or seasonal changes in neck size such as when bears gain weight in the fall.
Collars designed to expand are necessarily easier for the animal to remove than a collar of fixed circumference.
Collars may prematurely expand because of neck rubbing, scratching, social interactions, or even the mass of the transmitter moving as an animal runs.
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