seal ring

American  

noun

1. a finger ring bearing an incised design for embossing a wax seal.

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seal ring British  

noun

1. another term for signet ring

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Etymology

Origin of seal ring

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

Also stolen was a seal ring dating to Late Bronze Age Mycenaean times.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2012

Other ornaments were a sort of bib and two wristlets, apparently of faience; three scarabs, apparently of stone, and an oval seal ring.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's Abednego Junction, the capital of Laura Matilda County," says he, sounding my quarter on his seal ring to make sure that it was genuine.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)

Upon the little finger of the left hand sat a square seal ring of pale cornelian, and as Ringfield looked he clearly saw the capital letter "C" picked out in red upon the white.

From Ringfield A Novel by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)

Occasionally, my boy, he would wear a large seal ring, but it was always brass; and now and then he would exhibit a large breastpin, but it was always galvanized.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Newell, Robert H.