† bodyletn.
Obsolete. rare.
An ornamental ring worn around the torso.
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kine-ringc1225
pontificala1500
hoop-ring1545
death's head1577
ring of remembrance1659
serjeant's ring1690
garter-ring1709
bath-ring1771
solitaire1832
regard ring1853
key ring1856
bodylet1870
portrait ring1877
tower-ring1877
whistle-ring1877
marquise1885
princess-ring1886
dinner ring1890
cluster ring1897
eternity ring1939
1870 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 2) ii. 41 The savage also wears necklaces and rings, bracelets and anklets, armlets and leglets—even, if I may say so, bodylets.
1883 Calcutta Rev. 77 394 The Sanskrit poets took a passionate delight in describing the Kánchi or bodylet (now obsolete), which used to be worn by women a little below the waist, and was strung at the hinder part with tiny bells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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