armillary

[ahr-muh-ler-ee, ahr-mil-uh-ree]

adjective

consisting of hoops or rings.

Origin of armillary

1655–65; < Latin armill(a) bracelet, hoop (arm(us) shoulder (see arm¹) + -illa diminutive suffix) + -ary

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Historical Examples of armillary

On the left there is an armillary dial by F. Culpeper, of London.
Chats on Old Copper and Brass
Fred. W. Burgess
The horizon diameter of this armillary sphere is about 21 cm.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol I
Edward Luther Stevenson
Armillary, r′mil-lar-i, or r-mil′lar-i, adj. resembling an armlet or bracelet: consisting of rings or circles.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various
The Biblioteca Barbarini of Rome possesses four armillary spheres, all appearing to be of the early seventeenth century.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II
Edward Luther Stevenson
This machine, he says, has a circumference of thirty-two feet, being constructed in the form of an armillary sphere.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II
Edward Luther Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for armillary

armillary

adjective

of or relating to bracelets

Word Origin for armillary

C17: from New Latin armillaris, from Latin armilla bracelet

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