bracelet

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈbɹeɪslət/, /ˈbɹeɪslɪt/

Noun

bracelet (plural bracelets)

1. A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
2. The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
3. (colloquial, mostly, in the plural) A handcuff.
   • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o' Bedlam” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):

     Of thirty bare yeares haue I
     twice twenty bin enraged,
     & of forty bin three tymes fifteene
     in durance soundlie caged,
     On yͤ lordlie loftes of Bedlam
     with stubble softe & dainty,
     braue braceletts Strong, sweet whips ding dong
     with wholesome hunger plenty

4. (historical) A piece of defensive armour for the arm.

Translations

• French: bracelet
• German: Armband
• Italian: braccialetto
• Portuguese: bracelete, pulseira
• Russian: брасле́т
• Spanish: brazalete, pulsera

Translations

• French: bracelet
• Russian: брасле́т

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