braceletn.
/ˈbreɪslɪt/ 1.
a. An ornamental ring or band worn on the arm or wrist.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > arm or leg ornament > [noun] > bracelet or armlet
arm circlea1382
poignet1388
bracelet1438
armila1475
armlet1481
bracel?1533
embracelet1537
arm-ring1580
wristband1585
armilet1617
armilla1677
rakhi1829
wristlet1851
arm-coil1866
arm-cylinder1937
1438 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 110 A Bracelet of Gold.
1488 in P. F. Tytler Inventory Jewels James III (1864) II. 391 A brasselat of gold, with hede & pendes of gold.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiv. 94 I tuke his croune fra his hede and his brascheletis fra his armis.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 417 The Bracelet of the truest Princesse That euer swore her Faith. View more context for this quotation
a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1638) 13 Upon her arme a braslet hung.
1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 382 She wore large Di'mond Bracelets.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 348 The collars and bracelets, with which the Persians..adorned their persons.
b. Palmistry. A wrinkle crossing the wrist at its junction with the hand.
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the world > life > the body > skin > mark on skin > line in palmistry > [noun]
headline1571
lifeline1571
rascette1571
discriminal1652
heart line1652
bracelet1883
fate-line1889
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > line crossing wrist
restrict line1676
bracelet1883
1883 H. Frith & E. Heron-Allen Chiromancy 125 The Rascette or ‘bracelets’..will be found in two or three distinctly marked lines underneath the hand.
1891 Chambers's Encycl. (new ed.) VII. 727 These last (the bracelets), if well marked, strengthen the effect of the line of life, each bracelet indicating thirty years of life.
c. A narrow band of hair left on the legs of an animal after it has been clipped.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > band of hair on legs after clipping
bracelet1904
1904 Windsor Mag. Jan. 290/1 The only sign of hair being on the ears and the ‘bracelets’ around the legs.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun]
ringOE
beec1009
languet1378
Collar of SS., S's, or Esses1406
tablet?a1425
fetterlock1463
serpent-tongue1488
triangle1529
flory1530
gorget1570
medal1578
tablet jewel1599
sprig1602
bracelet1624
medallion1658
croisette1688
torques1693
scarabaeus1775
crosslet1802
torque1834
teardrop1870
scarab1878
scaraboid1879
scarabaeoid1887
squash blossom1923
clip1937
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 3 In her eares were bracelets of pearle.
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 189 About Christiana's Neck, the Shepherds put a Brascelet.
1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 106 Their Caps were covered with Bracelets set full of Pearls and other Gems.
3. A fetter for the wrist, a gyve, hand-cuff.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the hands or arms
copsa700
manaclec1350
handlock1532
hand-bolt1563
handcuff1649
cuff1663
Darbies1673
glim-fenders1699
government securities1707
pinion1736
ruffles1776
bracelet1817
nippers1821
handicuff1825
shangy1839
snitchers1864
come-along1874
shackle-irons1876
mitten1880
wristlet1881
snaps1891
snips1891
stringers1893
twister1910
1817 W. Scott Harold iv. viii. 116 His bracelets of iron,—his bed in our towers.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Sept. 12/1 Punishment used for refractory prisoners in Sing Sing:—Tight steel bracelets are fastened about the wrists.
4. A piece of armour covering the arm.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > arm armour
bracer?a1400
bracec1400
sleeve1465
plate-sleeve1578
bracelet1580
monion1652
brachal1658
arm piece1659
armlet1706
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn gardebras the bracelets of an armour.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 135 Armed with..headpiece and bracelets.
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5. Heraldry. = barrulet n.
6. In combinations.
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1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions Index 4 A Bracelet-alphabet [to write..by stringing of Bracelets.]
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vi. 42 Their ancles bound with bracelet-bells.
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In combinations.
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1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions Index 4 A Bracelet-alphabet [to write..by stringing of Bracelets.]
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vi. 42 Their ancles bound with bracelet-bells.
Derivatives
braceletless adj. without bracelets.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > arm or leg ornament > [adjective] > having bracelets or armlets > not
unbraceleted1856
braceletless1873
1873 R. Broughton Nancy I. 84 Barbara is locketless, braceletless, chainless.
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