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carcanet

[ kahr-kuh-net, -nit ]

noun

  1. a woman's ornamental circlet for the hair, often of gold decorated with jewels or pearls.


carcanet

/ ˈkɑːkəˌnɛt; -nɪt /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a jewelled collar or necklace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of carcanet1

1520–30; carcan choker < Middle French, equivalent to carc- throat (< Germanic ) + -an ring (< Latin ānus ) + -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carcanet1

C16: from French carcan, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse kverkband chin strap
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Example Sentences

Over his clustering hair he wore a carcanet of diamonds, surmounted by the precious plumage of the bird of Paradise.

Carcanet, the diminutive of carcan, a chain;—it means a necklace.

And sodaynly caught hir by the hayre of the head, and in steade of a Carcanet placed a roape about her necke.

Nowadays they have restored the carcanet and kept the rivière as well, both terms being in common use.

Each one wore an iron carcanet, and the crowd was never weary of coming to gaze at them.

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