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Webster 1913 Edition
Carcanet
Car′ca-net
(kär′kȧ-nĕt)
, Noun.
[Dim. fr. F.
carcan
the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of precious stones, LL. carcannum
, fr. Armor. kerchen
bosom, neck, kelchen
collar, fr. kelch
circle; or Icel. kverk
troat, OHG. querca
throat.] A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.
[Also written
carkanet
and carcant
.] Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Carcanet
CARCANET
,Noun.
Definition 2024
carcanet
carcanet
English
Alternative forms
Noun
carcanet (plural carcanets)
- (archaic) A richly decorative collar.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet LII:
- Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, / Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 136:
- he cared nothing for curiously woven shrouds, and feathered mantles, and carcanets of pearl beads, and jars of quaint pottery [...].
- 1954 JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring:
- There flying Elwing came to him, / and flame was in the darkness lit; / more bright than light of diamond / the fire upon her carcanet.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet LII: