carcanet

English

Etymology

From carcan +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɑːkənɛt/

Noun

carcanet (plural carcanets)

1. (archaic) A richly decorative collar.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet LII:

     Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, / Or captain jewels in the carcanet.

   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 136:

     he cared nothing for curiously woven shrouds, and feathered mantles, and carcanets of pearl beads, and jars of quaint pottery [...].

   • 1954 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.