English
Etymology
From French carcan, cognate with Provençal carcan, mediæval Latin carcannum, Italian carcome, ultimately from Germanic.
Noun
en-noun
- A richly decorative collar.
Quotations
William Shakespeare, Sonnet LII:
:Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare, <br>
:Since, seldom coming, in the long year set, <br>
:Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, <br>
:Or captain jewels in the carcanet. <br>
JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
:There flying Elwing came to him,
:and flame was in the darkness lit;
:more bright than light of diamond
:the fire upon her carcanet.
te:carcanet
vi:carcanet
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