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cuello armado

English translation: stiffened or reinforced collar

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Spanish term or phrase:cuello armado
English translation:stiffened or reinforced collar
Entered by: JudyK

09:45 Nov 23, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / staff uniforms
Spanish term or phrase: cuello armado
"Camisa color blanco, cuello italiano armado"
"Pañuelo armado"
"Reinforced collar" doesn't sound right. I'm assuming it means rigid, stiff, but is there a particular way of saying this in this context?
JudyK
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:14
stiffened or reinforced collar
Explanation:
You can use either of these. There is a subtle difference in that a stiffened collar can be stiffened by a device or by starching, whereas reinforced means stiffened using plastic, etc.

http://www.scotcrest.co.uk/H400-Poly-Cotton-with-Reinforced-...
• Collar stiffeners, bones or stays - strips of baleen, metal, horn, mother of pearl, or plastic, rounded at one end and pointed at the other, inserted into a man's shirt collar to stiffen it and prevent the points from curling up; usually inserted into the underside of the collar through small slits but sometimes permanently sewn in place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collar_(clothing)
Easy-Care Pilot Shirt Conventional stiffened collar Long sleeves with buttoned cuffs 2 mitred pleated pockets with button fastened flaps Epaulettes Generous full cut sizing Minimum iron

http://workwear.workwearhouse.co.uk/clothing/Epaulette
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Evans (X)
Local time: 08:14
Grading comment
Many thanks Gilla!
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stiffened or reinforced collar


Explanation:
You can use either of these. There is a subtle difference in that a stiffened collar can be stiffened by a device or by starching, whereas reinforced means stiffened using plastic, etc.

http://www.scotcrest.co.uk/H400-Poly-Cotton-with-Reinforced-...
• Collar stiffeners, bones or stays - strips of baleen, metal, horn, mother of pearl, or plastic, rounded at one end and pointed at the other, inserted into a man's shirt collar to stiffen it and prevent the points from curling up; usually inserted into the underside of the collar through small slits but sometimes permanently sewn in place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collar_(clothing)
Easy-Care Pilot Shirt Conventional stiffened collar Long sleeves with buttoned cuffs 2 mitred pleated pockets with button fastened flaps Epaulettes Generous full cut sizing Minimum iron

http://workwear.workwearhouse.co.uk/clothing/Epaulette


Evans (X)
Local time: 08:14
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 84
Grading comment
Many thanks Gilla!

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agree  Victoria Frazier: reinforced collar es el término correcto
7 hrs
  -> thanks Victoria
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