carcanet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carcanet
1520–30; carcan choker < Middle French, equivalent to carc- throat (< Germanic ) + -an ring (< Latin ānus ) + -et
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Mid carcanet and coronet, Where joy-lamps shine and flowers are set— Where England's chivalry are met, Behold me, Nora!
From Ballads by William Makepeace Thackeray
Turner afterwards restored the carcanet, the only jewel which he had not restored before.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen
I had a carcanet that I was determined to give a girl, in exchange.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
But to Him, His pauper’s mat of straw was an eternal throne of glory, and His heavy chains a sovereign’s carcanet.
From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá
He is dressed in white flowing robes with a heavy carcanet of emeralds round his neck.
From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by George Robert Aberigh-Mackay
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