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Definition of Carcanet
1. n. A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.
Definition of Carcanet
1. Noun. (archaic) A richly decorative collar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carcanet
1. a jeweled necklace [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carcanet
Literary usage of Carcanet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories: With Two by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1880)
"He •ays that sir Tristram was one day dallying with Isolt the Fair, and put a
ruby carcanet round her neck. Then, as be kissed her throat : B.li!nd him TO« ..."
2. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon Dillon (1885)
"I'll clasp thy neck where should be set A rich and orient carcanet. ... Accept this
carcanet; My grandam on her death-bed gave it me. ..."
3. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"carcanet (in old French, carcan). A bracelet, necklace, or chain of jewels. ...
carcanet is evidently a diminutive of carcan, ie a little necklace or ..."
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