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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Beyond the harbour's mouth the riding-lights of the Mevagissey fishing fleet ran like a carcanet of faint jewels, marking the unseen horizon of the Channel.
From The Mayor of Troy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
A thousand reflections danced and flickered about the little room as it revolved in the sunlight, glowing and glittering like the sparkles from a carcanet of jewels.
From The Pagans by Arlo Bates
Each one wore an iron carcanet, and the crowd was never weary of coming to gaze at them.
From Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert
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
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