The only thing we had ever built was a shelf, and we didn't know a collar tie from a bow tie.

Incidentally, we discovered that the beams that kept our cathedral ceilings from pushing the walls apart are collar ties.

Collar beams or collar ties may be fixed higher up between opposite rafters for extra strength.

The most well known submission hold is the guillotine choke, which can be attempted from a single or double collar tie.

A particularly effective clinching position for throwing front knee is the double collar tie, where the head of the opponent is controlled.

The ceiling rafters slope down from the collar ties; there is no attic.

Without a gi, it is typically applied when the opponent has a collar tie.

My chief annoyance was the way its collar tie tugged like a hangman's rope at my throat.

If ceiling joists or collar ties are exposed, seldom-used items can sometimes be stored on them.

A collar beam is often called a collar tie but this is rarely correct.