noun

• A thick chest strap which forms part of a horse's harness, often used instead of an ordinary collar on horses pulling lightweight or show vehicles.

  ‘Riders have recourse to tighter cinching or to more tack, such as breast collars.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Local businesses and citizens graciously sponsor High Point buckles and breast collars.’
  • ‘Made of mule-harness breechings, early breast collars turned up in California at an event in the early 1900s.’
  • ‘The horses threw their weight into their breast collars, rearing and plunging to accelerate the lifeboat into the water.’
  • ‘In addition, they use breast collars or martingales when in fact none are ever seen in older period photographs.’