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prettygoodword) wrote2007-03-09 07:22 am
prettygoodword) wrote2007-03-09 07:22 am
carcanet
carcanet - n., a woman's jeweled necklace, collar, or headband.
From Old French carcan, choker, possibly from Germanic root carc-, throat. Something knights sometimes give to their ladies. And that would wrap it up for Arthuriana, except I've one more for the bonus:
machicolation - a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement through which projectiles could be dropped; also, holes in the ceiling of a gallery or passage for the same purpose.
A thing which castles have. Ultimately from Latin macar, to crush, + collum, neck. And now we're done.
---L.
From Old French carcan, choker, possibly from Germanic root carc-, throat. Something knights sometimes give to their ladies. And that would wrap it up for Arthuriana, except I've one more for the bonus:
machicolation - a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement through which projectiles could be dropped; also, holes in the ceiling of a gallery or passage for the same purpose.
A thing which castles have. Ultimately from Latin macar, to crush, + collum, neck. And now we're done.
---L.