What does carcanet mean?
Carcanet means (archaic) A richly decorative collar..
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/ˈkɑːkənɛt/ · noun
(archaic) A richly decorative collar..
Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, / Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
Lo you! let me have a blue robe, and—search for the ruby carcanet, which was part of the King of Cyprus's ransom—it is either in the steel-casket, or somewhere else.
[H]e cared nothing for curiously woven shrouds, and feathered mantles, and carcanets of pearl beads, and jars of quaint pottery […]
There flying Elwing came to him, / and flame was in the darkness lit; / more bright than light of diamond / the fire upon her carcanet.
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Carcanet means (archaic) A richly decorative collar..
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Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, / Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
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