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collier [< F "collar"] Cdn French 
n. a kind of harness for carrying heavy loads, drawing on a tracking line, etc., consisting of a leather strap that is broad at the middle and tapers at both ends, the broad band being placed around the forehead (or chest) and the two ends attached to the pack or other load. See picture at tumpline.
See also: tumpline
- 1860 (1956) Du Roy thrust all our indispensable articles into his blue woollen "couverte," tied it round with his leathern "collier," and hung the whole on his back, while fastening the broad band of the "paqueton" round his head, for the Voyageurs. . . .
- 1872 The best "colliers" are made with the broad part, and two or three feet of the string, all of one piece. . . .
- 1860 (1956) Du Roy thrust all our indispensable articles into his blue woollen "couverte," tied it round with his leathern "collier," and hung the whole on his back, while fastening the broad band of the "paqueton" round his head, for the Voyageurs. . . .