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ˈcollar-work
1. lit. Work in which a horse has to strain hard against the collar, as in drawing a heavy load or going up hill.
1872Black Adv. Phaeton xxii. 307 Giving a long spell of collar-work to the horses. 1887T. Trollope What I Remember II. viii. 132 There were still fourteen miles, nearly all collar-work, between that [Lucca] and the baths.
2. fig. Severe and close work.
1871Daily News 25 Jan., Breaking down in harness, under the severe collarwork of these democratic days. 1875C. L. Kenney Mem. M. W. Balfe 38 When the day's allowance of stiff ‘collar work’ was accomplished. |