Obs. Also 67 carcat, -kat. [Contracted f. CARCANET, carknet.] = CARCANET.
15[?]. Songs Costume (1849), 92. Thair collars, carcats, and hals beidis.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Collier & autre bague pendant au col, a coller or carket.
1603. Philotus, xxviii. For to decoir ane Carkat craif That cumlie Collour bane.
1814. Discipline, III. 26 (Jam.). Theres a glen where we used to make carkets when we were herds.