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carcanet

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car⋅ca⋅net

[kahr-kuh-net, -nit]
–noun
a woman's ornamental circlet for the hair, often of gold decorated with jewels or pearls.

Origin:
1520–30; carcan choker < MF, equiv. to carc- throat (< Gmc) + -an ring (< L ānus) + -et
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car·ca·net   (kär'kə-nět', -nĭt)   
n.   Archaic
A jeweled necklace, collar, or headband.

[From Old French carcan, collar, perhaps from Medieval Latin carcannum, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
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