Why then, forsooth, a carcanet is shown Of teeth, as deaf as nuts, and all her own.
Footnote 6: A carcanet is a necklace, diminutive from old French "Carcan".
If the copper carcanet were a love-gift from the dead, what gold could make up to me for that?
If thou lose a necklace of gilt copper, and one give thee a gold carcanet instead, hast thou really sustained any loss?
You have £2000 worth of jewels over what is in the paper; but the carcanet shall be forthcoming.
She said all that was in the paper, except one carcanet of diamonds and jewels, valued at £200 that is fallen behind the chest or aside.
The wife brought the jewels to the Hoop Tavern, and from there they were taken to Mr. Tryon's, where they were examined, and none were found missing except a carcanet jewel.
Old copy reads-- "Because I lost The precious carcanet she gave to me.
Therefore now will I go visit her, And please her with this carcanet of worth, Which by good fortune I have found to-day; When valour fails, then must gold make the way.
Could nothing serve her but the carcanet Which, as my life, I gave to thee in charge?
On her white bosom hung a priceless carcanet of limpid diamonds, and through the heavy tresses of her bronze-coloured hair was coiled a string of lustrous pearls.
With gifts they shall be sent, Gifts to the bride to spare their banishment, Fine robings and a carcanetof gold.
The carcanet of gold That gripped her brow was molten in a dire And wondrous river of devouring fire.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "carcanet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
