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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
With gifts they shall be sent, Gifts to the bride to spare their banishment, Fine robings and a carcanet of gold.
From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes
Paragon of jewels enchased in a carcanet of dazzling brilliants!
From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward
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
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 Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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 Stephen, Harry Lushington, Sir
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
