medici collar

English - English

Definition of medici collar in English English dictionary

A fan-shaped (especially lace) collar, standing upright behind the head and sloping down to meet a square neckline in front

Ruperta tonight was in a narrow black bengaline costume with a Medici collar and cuffs of bastard chinchilla.

Hyphenation

Me·di·ci col·lar

Turkish pronunciation

medisi kälır

Pronunciation

/meˈdēsē ˈkälər/ /mɛˈdiːsiː ˈkɑːlɜr/

Etymology

() A style popularized by fashionable members of the Medici family in the seventeenth century.