COLLAR, in a more modern sense, an ornament consisting of a chain of gold, enamelled, and frequently set with ciphers or other devices, with the badge of the order hanging at the bottom, worn by the knights of several military orders over their shoulders, on the mantle, while its figure is drawn round their armories. Thus the collar of the order of the garter consists of S. S., with roses enamelled red, within a garter enamelled blue, and the George at the bottom.