carcanet
Example Sentences
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Who scarfed her with the morning? and who set Upon her brow the day-fall's carcanet?
From New Poems by Francis Thompson
Each one wore an iron carcanet, and the crowd was never weary of coming to gaze at them.
From Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert
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.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen
But to Him, His pauper’s mat of straw was an eternal throne of glory, and His heavy chains a sovereign’s carcanet.
From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Her ruff was of point lace, and round her throat she wore a carcanet of pearls, while other precious stones glistened in her dusky tresses.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth
