Elizabethan collar

noun

1

: ruff entry 2 sense 1

2

: a typically cone-shaped veterinary device of stiff material (such as plastic) placed about the neck of an animal and usually a cat or dog to prevent it from licking, biting, or scratching a wound or injury or to stop obsessive licking or grooming

called also e-collar

Examples of Elizabethan collar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sewed into the dress are large white ruffles which frame her head like an Elizabethan collar, and cascade all the way down to the hem. —Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 8 June 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

Elizabethan collar

noun

Eliz·​a·​be·​than collar i-ˌliz-ə-ˌbē-thən- 

: a typically cone-shaped veterinary device of stiff material (such as plastic) placed about the neck of an animal and usually a cat or dog to prevent it from licking, biting, or scratching a wound or injury or to stop obsessive licking or grooming

called also e-collar