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carcanet arch.|ˈkɑːkənɛt|
Forms: 6 karknett, garganet, 7 carckanet(t, -kenet, -quenet, -conet, -kaneth, 7–8 carknet, 7–9 carkanet, 6– carcanet.
[f. prec. + -et1, dim. suffix.
(No Fr. carcanet appears to be recorded, but it is difficult to believe that the word was entirely of Eng. formation.)]
1. An ornamental collar or necklace, usually of gold or set with jewels. arch.
(App. obs. from c 1670 to 19th c.)
c1530in Gutch Coll. Cur. II. 313 A Karknett for my Lorde of Richemount. 1542P'cess Mary's Jewels in Madden Privy Purse Exp. 180 A carckanet. Ibid. 198 Item a karkenet. 1572Gifts to Queen in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. I. 323 One riche carkanet or collor of golde, haveing in it two emeraldes. 1583Stanyhurst æneis i. 25 Thee pearle and gould crowns..with garganet heauye. 1601Holland Pliny I. 357 To weare costly pearles and rich stones in carkanets about our necke. 1616W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iv, He might but see the Carknet where it lay. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. vii. 36 A gold chaine, or a carkenet of pearle. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals ii. iii. 204 A Carcanet of Gold. 1815Moore Lalla R. (1850) 56 Around the white necks of the nymphs..Hung carcanets of orient gems.
erroneously1863Sala Capt. Danger. I. i. 5 The Don wears jewelled rings and carcanets on all his fingers.
†b. A similar ornament for the head. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Fermaillet, a Carkanet, or border of gold, etc., such as Gentlewomen weare about their heads. 1630Marston Ant. & Mel. ii. i. ii, Curled haires, hung full of sparkling carcanets. 1822Scott Nigel v, His high-crowned grey hat..encircled by a carcanet of large balas rubies.
2. transf. and fig.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 148 For thy Carcanets of pearle, shalt thou have Carcanets of Spiders. 1648Herrick Hesper. (1869) I. 43 Making a carkanet Of maiden-flowers. 1830Tennyson Adeline v, A carcanet of rays. 1876Macfarren Harmony vi. (ed. 2) 191 This a carcanet of smiles, the other, a rosary of tears.
Hence ˈcarcaˌneted a., furnished with a carcanet.
a1652Brome City Wit iv. i, Her lip painted, her neck carkanetted. |