carkanet

English

Noun

carkanet (plural carkanets)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of carcanet
   • 1808, Robert Southey, Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish:

     Greatly did Abeniaf covet these treasures and this carkanet, and incontinently he thought in his heart that he might take them and none know thereof

References

• “carkanet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.