bracelet

[breys-lit]

noun

1. an ornamental band or circlet for the wrist or arm or, sometimes, for the ankle.

2. Slang.,  bracelets, a pair of handcuffs.

3. Furniture.,  collar.

bracelet

/ ˈbreɪslɪt /

noun

1. an ornamental chain worn around the arm or wrist

2. an expanding metal band for a wristwatch

Other Word Forms

• braceleted adjective
• unbraceleted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bracelet¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French; Old French bracel (< Latin brāchiāle, noun use of neuter of brāchiālis brachial ) + -et -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of bracelet¹

C15: from Old French, from bracel , literally: a little arm, from Latin bracchium arm; see _brace

Example Sentences

While visiting Israel with his granddaughters in 2017, he noticed they were going wild for flow ring bracelets that looked like slinkies.

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Neither the museum or the police have specified what items were stolen, but the museum's Bronze Age collection includes gold ingots, bracelets and a lunula necklace.

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The museum's Bronze Age collection includes gold ingots, bracelets, and a lunula necklace.

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Lauren Bell wears two bracelets every time she plays for England.

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On Tuesday, Egypt's tourism and antiquities ministry announced that it had taken immediate measures after the bracelet disappeared from the Egyptian Museum's restoration laboratory, and that the case had been referred to police.

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Related Words

• ornament 
• trinket