The neckerchief, with red, white and blue stripes, is worn about the collar, fastened with the official woggle.

Until about 1950, apart from short-sleeved, open-necked sports wear, day shirts always had a long sleeve with cuffs, closed by links or buttons, and with a neck-band with separate collar fastened by studs, or an attached collar.

PICARDIL, stiff upright collar fastened on to the coat (Whalley).

A similar collar and chain, fastened to an enormous bolt in the concrete floor next to the bed, circled his left ankle.

She wore an oatmeal flannel coat and skirt which even Alexandra could see was badly cut, and a heavily pleated cream blouse, the collar fastened with a huge hideous brooch made out of a green polished pebble set in silver.

From the open collar emerged a heavy vest of darker felt with high, embroidered collars fastened by a delicate necktie of golden rope.

This collar, securely fastened to the butt end of the oar by an iron spike, acted as a counterweight to the blade of the oar.

"Rituals get us through the day, they get us through the ceremony," he said quietly, his white collar not yet fastened across his neck.