carcanet

Definition

A richly decorative collar.

Etymology

From French carcan + -et.

Example Sentences

• "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 […]"