necklet

[ nek-lit ]

/ ˈnɛk lɪt /

something worn around the neck for ornamentation, as a fur piece.

Origin of necklet

First recorded in 1860–65; neck + -let

She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, without looking, laid it inside.

The Garden Party |Katherine Mansfield
Every man and woman in that place, they assured me, had such a necklet.

Green Mansions |W. H. Hudson
He opens the case and reveals a necklet of emeralds, any one of which is worth half the street.

Huntingtower |John Buchan
In addition to glass bead necklets, a necklet with heavy heart-shaped brass pendants.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston

The former had finished his toilet and was affectionately fastening a necklet of pearls around his wife's neck.

In the Van; or, The Builders |John Price-Brown

necklet

/ (ˈnɛklɪt) /

an ornament worn round the neck