Wristband
['rɪs(t)bænd] or ['rɪstbænd]
Definition
(noun.) band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist.
Typed by Benjamin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment, which covers the wrist.
Typed by Gilda
Examples
- It is just so with your buttons: you let them burst off without telling me, and go out with your wristband hanging. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Howbeit, Twemlow doth at length invest himself with collar and cravat and wristbands to his knuckles, and goeth forth to breakfast. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sir,' returns Twemlow, with his wristbands bristling a little, 'YOU repeat the word; I repeat the word. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Miss Meg March, one letter and a glove, continued Beth, delivering the articles to her sister, who sat near her mother, stitching wristbands. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- His wristbands and collar were oppressive; his voice and manner were oppressive. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Michael