Oval neck equipment
A horsecollar is the padded collar fitted around a draft horse's neck, allowing the animal to pull heavy loads.
In American football, a horsecollar tackle—grabbing the back of a player's collar or shoulder pads to bring them down—is illegal due to injury risk.
As a verb, to horsecollar someone is to tackle them this way: He was flagged for horsecollaring the quarterback.
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Oval neck equipment
A horsecollar is the padded collar fitted around a draft horse's neck, allowing the animal to pull heavy loads.
In American football, a horsecollar tackle—grabbing the back of a player's collar or shoulder pads to bring them down—is illegal due to injury risk.
As a verb, to horsecollar someone is to tackle them this way: He was flagged for horsecollaring the quarterback.
1. harness — draft, Preliminary version of text; yoke (Crosspiece binding draft animals); traces (Slight remaining amounts); leather (Tanned animal skin); padded · shoulders · workhorse · plowing · pulling · Clydesdale · hitching · teamster · buckle · straps
2. sports — shutout, Game with lopsided scoring; zero (Numerical absence of quantity); goose egg (Slang for zero); scoreless (Without any points); baseball · football · dominant · defense · blanked · pitching · victory · complete game · blowout · lopsided
HARNESS COMPONENT FUNCTIONhorsecollars ≠ bridles Horse steering apparatus; reins · bits · halters · blinders · nosebands
DRAFT ANIMAL ATTACHMENT METHODhorsecollars ≠ traces Slight remaining amounts
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/horsecollars