bugle beadn.
/ˈbjuːɡl biːd/, U.S. /ˈbjuɡ(ə)l ˌbid/ An ornamental tube-shaped bead, typically made of glass or plastic; = bugle n.3
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > bead
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1713 Honour retriv’d from Faction 35 All of the Inhabitants during the time of their Religious Worship, are accustomed to wear small bugle Beads about their Necks and Shoulders.
1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific II. 244 Their bracelets..are bunches of white bugle beads.
1826 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 1 53 [A lamp]..whose burner is not larger than an ordinary bugle bead.
1897 F. G. H. Price Catal. Egyptian Antiq. 127 A string of green glass bugle beads in a triple string, with small glass beads in between.
1927 Daily Express 8 Apr. 5 An embroidery of coloured taffeta and bugle beads was applied to black Spanish lace.
1985 Cincinnati Mag. Dec. 22/1 Stitching the last bugle bead to a smashing hostess skirt.
2012 A. S. Couchant Ligoncy Secrets vii. 35 A beautiful halter gown of Persian blue, accents of silver bugle beads and sequins.
Derivatives
ˈbugle-beaded adj. covered or decorated with bugle beads.
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1880 Churchman 4 Dec. 29/2 (advt.) Bugle-beaded embroidery, ornaments, girdles.
1978 Los Angeles Times 25 Oct. iv. 6/2 A bugle-beaded bustier..is appliqued with the silk flowers that reappear as a print on the knee-length silk shirt.
2015 R. Reines Social Diary i. 17 Her long, red, bugle-beaded sheath..clung to her in all the wrong places.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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