Bracelet
[ˈbreɪslət] or [ˈbreslɪt]
Definition
(n.) An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.
(n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm.
Checker: Wilmer
Definition
n. an ornament for the wrist.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see in your dreams a bracelet encircling your arm, the gift of lover or friend, is assurance of an early marriage and a happy union. If a young woman lose her bracelet she will meet with sundry losses and vexations. To find one, good property will come into her possession.
Editor: Melinda
Unserious Contents or Definition
Security for the pawn-broker.
Editor: Olaf
Examples
- She greeted Will as if his visit were quite a matter of course, and said at once, having a cameo bracelet in her hand-- I am so glad you are come. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You must keep that ring and bracelet--if nothing else. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Great effects may spring from trivial causes, she remarked, as she loosened a bracelet from her wrist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He looked at me: I happened to be near him, as I had been fastening the clasp of Mrs. Dent's bracelet, which had got loose. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She had a bracelet on one taper arm, which would fall down over her round wrist. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- His daughter, turning the bracelet on her arm, and now looking at him, and now looking from him, said, 'Very well, papa. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The illustrious visitor then put out his coat-cuff, and for a moment entombed Mrs Sparkler's hand: wrist, bracelet, and all. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It isn't what it should be, but you have improved it, he added, as she snapped the silver bracelet on her wrist. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In the course of some apparently animated discussion, Ginevra once or twice lifted her hand and arm; a handsome bracelet gleamed upon the latter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I don't think I like it only because it's so pretty, but I want to wear it as the girl in the story wore her bracelet, to remind me of something. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In return of which favour, I will make you a present of this knife and bracelet, taking them out of my pocket. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I will wear the bracelet for you, if you will, friend Palmer, said Wamba. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She went to sleep with a little bracelet he had given her clasped upon her arm. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I will keep these--this ring and bracelet, said Dorothea. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A glancing bracelet on her arm produced the contrast of gold and ivory. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All wore strange protruding girdles of dried grass about their hips and many were loaded with brass and copper anklets, armlets and bracelets. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- How many of you have gowns and bracelets which you daren't show, or which you wear trembling? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The brooch, the ear-rings, the bracelets: no one in the school has such a set--not Madame herself. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He had bracelets of gold upon his arms, and a broad collar of the same precious metal around his neck. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There are patents for belts without number, for electric gloves, rings, bracelets, necklaces, trusses, corsets, shoes, hats, combs, brushes, chairs, couches, and blankets. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The only valuable part of them consisted in some little fillets, bracelets, and other ornaments of gold, and in some bales of cotton. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She wore bracelets on her arms, which were bare. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Love was made on these occasions in the form of bracelets; and, on all occasions during the period of betrothal, took a manufacturing aspect. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She detached a small gold cigarette-case from one of her bracelets, held it out to him, and took a cigarette herself. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She went to great expenses in new gowns, and bracelets, and bonnets, and in prodigious feathers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Still very pale, she is dressed in slight mourning and wears two beautiful bracelets. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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