carcanet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carcanet
1520–30; carcan choker < Middle French, equivalent to carc- throat (< Germanic ) + -an ring (< Latin ānus ) + -et
Example Sentences
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We asked him what a carcanet was, but he wouldn't say.
From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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
My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours: Say that I linger'd with you at your shop To see the making of her carcanet, And that to-morrow you will bring it home.
From The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare, William
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 Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert
Mid carcanet and coronet, Where joy-lamps shine and flowers are set— Where England's chivalry are met, Behold me, Nora!
From Ballads by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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