The collar is an oval-shaped ring made by the saddler, stuffed with straw or horsehair and generally covered entirely with leather (or leather and canvas), which is placed around the neck of draft horses. Resting on the shoulders, it allows the load to be distributed across the horse's shoulders and chest when it is attached to the cart (or was attached to the plough).
The main part of the collar is made up of the bodies, which are the two padded parts that wrap around the horse's neck (the lower part of each body is the most swollen part) and which are joined at the top by the hood which is nothing more than a strip of leather (thong) that allows the collar to be closed around the horse's neck.
The curved sticks are attached to the two bodies, which can be made of wood or iron, on which there are iron rings (or chains, or strips of leather) that allow the attachment of the traces and the passage of the reins.