to collar beef

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to collar beef - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Collar \Col"lar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collared; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Collaring.]
     1. To seize by the collar.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To put a collar on.
  
     3. to arrest, as a wanted criminal. Same as put the collar  on
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     To collar beef (or other meat), to roll it up, and bind it
        close with a string preparatory to cooking it.
        [1913 Webster] collarbone