horse collar

noun

A part of a horse's harness that is used to distribute the load around its neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough.

Meanings

nounhorse collar (plural horse collars)

plural horse collars

  1. A part of a horse's harness that is used to distribute the load around its neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough.
  2. datedslangThe vagina.

    Starting all that again, should her horse collar sprout the fresh flowers of her grovelling desire. When she said, “I want a baby Henry,” it sounded like some grim confession. “I've got cancer.” “I had it with your best friend” “I want a baby, Henry.”[…]

    1975, Jeff Nuttall, You are Cordially Invited to the House Party
    1 more example

    She lay on the bed and pulled her miniskirt down to reveal her horse collar. 'Well, pull it off,' said Audball. 'I'll have to take my boots off,' she warned. Never had Audball smelled anything so putrid, rank, foul and rotten as when she pulled off her boots. But his equipment was in a lift-off mode and if he aborted, he would suffer with the blue balls, so he put on two rubbers and held his nose.

    2002 June 7, James A. Abrahamson, Confessions of a Diplomatic Pouch Clerk, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 326
verbhorse collar (third-person singular simple present horse collars, present participle horse collaring, simple past and past participle horse collared)

present singular third person horse collars · participle present horse collaring · participle past horse collared · past horse collared

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of horsecollar.

Translations

Bulgarian хаму́т, хомо́т
  • хаму́т (hamút)a bitless headpiece
  • хомо́т (homót)a bitless headpiece
Catalan collera
  • colleraa bitless headpiece
Chinese Cantonese 馬項圈 /马项圈 /
  • 馬項圈 /马项圈 / (maa⁵ hong⁶ hyun¹)a bitless headpiece
Chinese Mandarin 馬項圈 /马项圈 /
  • 馬項圈 /马项圈 / (mǎxiàngquān)a bitless headpiece
Czech chomout
  • chomouta bitless headpiece
Dutch gareel, haam
  • gareela bitless headpiece
  • haama bitless headpiece
Estonian rangit
  • rangita bitless headpiece
Finnish länget
  • längeta bitless headpiece
French collier d'épaule
  • collier d'épaulea bitless headpiece
German Kummet, Kumt
  • Kummeta bitless headpiece
  • Kumta bitless headpiece
Polish chomąto
  • chomątoa bitless headpiece
Russian хому́т
  • хому́т (xomút)a bitless headpiece
Slovak chomút
  • chomúta bitless headpiece
Spanish collera
  • colleraa bitless headpiece
Ukrainian хому́т
  • хому́т (xomút)a bitless headpiece
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APA

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Chicago

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