# Medici collar

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
A style popularized by fashionable members of the Medici family in the seventeenth century.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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