collaring
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]collaring
- present participle and gerund of collar
Noun
[edit]collaring (countable and uncountable, plural collarings)
- Material for making shirt collars.
- 1776, Jeremy Bentham, letter to Samuel Bentham:
- If any Shirts should be found to want new wristbanding or collaring let it be done with rather purer cloth than that of the shirt itself — especially wristbanding. Collaring they certainly will want several of them.
- (mining) A piece of wood or iron for securing the pumps in a mineshaft.
- (BDSM) The binding of a submissive to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- 2022, Dan & Dawn Williams, Hearts & Collars, page 147:
- Collarings in my view are significant events and should be treated as such. They should include a fair amount of forethought and dedication on the part of both parties.