carcanet
UK/ˈkɑːkənɛt/US/ˈkɑɹkənɛt/
carcanet noun: a richly decorative collar.
Noun
carcanet (plural carcanets)
- A richly decorative collar.
- Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, / Or captain jewels in the carcanet.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet LII”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
- 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.1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume IV (The Talisman), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst...
carcanet meaning in Tamil and Telugu
carcanet in Tamil
- கல்லட்டிகை போன்ற கழுத்தணிகலன்
carcanet in Telugu
- a carcanet or circlet of solid gold or silver, worn as an ornament round the neck by women and children
- కంటె kaṇṭe
Examples of carcanet in a sentence
- [H]e cared nothing for curiously woven shrouds, and feathered mantles, and carcanets of pearl beads, and jars of quaint pottery […]1891, Charles Egbert Craddock [pseudonym; Mary Noailles Murfree], In the “Stranger People’s” Country […], New York, N.Y.: Harper &...
- There flying Elwing came to him, / and flame was in the darkness lit; / more bright than light of diamond / the fire upon her carcanet.1954 July 29, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, London: George...
Forms of carcanet
| plural | carcanets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | carkanet |
Origin of carcanet
From French carcan + -et.
Questions about carcanet
- What does carcanet mean?
- Carcanet means a richly decorative collar.
- What is carcanet in Tamil?
- Carcanet in Tamil is கல்லட்டிகை போன்ற கழுத்தணிகலன். See Carcanet meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use carcanet in a sentence?
- [H]e cared nothing for curiously woven shrouds, and feathered mantles, and carcanets of pearl beads, and jars of quaint pottery […]
- What part of speech is carcanet?
- Carcanet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce carcanet?
- Carcanet is pronounced /ˈkɑːkənɛt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of carcanet?
- The plural of carcanet is carcanets.
Words near carcanet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: carcanet (page history and authors); carcanet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కంటె (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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