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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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
Her ruff was of point lace, and round her throat she wore a carcanet of pearls, while other precious stones glistened in her dusky tresses.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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 Bates, Arlo
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
Who scarfed her with the morning? and who set Upon her brow the day-fall's carcanet?
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
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