seal ring

American  

noun

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

---

seal ring British  

noun

1. another term for signet ring

---

Etymology

Origin of seal ring

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

seal ring

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

Here Miss Fothergill draws off a seal ring which she long ago had engraved with the motto she chose to guide her through life.

From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.

D. Webster nervously twisted the large seal ring which he wore on his forefinger.

From Mr. Opp by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

His seal ring was too large, his watch chain too heavy, his collar too high, and his cravat too loud.

From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack