bracelet
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈbɹeɪslət//
- United Kingdom//ˈbɹeɪslɪt//
A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
noun
- 1
A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.
- 2
The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
- 3
historicalA piece of defensive armour for the arm.
[…] and fastened on his breast by a buckle consisting of a Gorgoneion (with wings on temples and serpent-knot below chin), a sword-belt over right shoulder, bracelets, greaves (with lions' heads at the knees) and sandals.
Etymology
From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
verb
- 1
To surround with, or as if with, a bracelet; to ring or encompass.
Forms
- plural
- bracelets
- past tense
- braceleted, braceletted
- past participle
- braceleted, braceletted
- present participle
- braceleting, braceletting
- third person singular
- bracelets
bracelet · A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
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