bracelets
bracelets is the plural of bracelet.
bracelets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bracelet.
Meaning of bracelet
Noun
bracelet (plural bracelets)
- A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
- Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 49
- Synonyms:
- wristband
- The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
- Synonyms:
- watchband, watchstrap, wristband
- A piece of defensive armour for the arm.
- […] and fastened on his breast by a buckle consisting of a Gorgoneion (with wings on temples and serpent-knot below chin), a sword-belt over right shoulder, bracelets, greaves (with lions' heads at the knees) and sandals.1903, Campbell Cowan Edgar, Greek Sculpture, page 57
Noun
bracelets pl (plural only)
- handcuffs
- 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 plentyc. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665) - "Sergeant," said Inspector Gilder, eyeing the black hands with wrath, "aren't you putting the bracelets on this fellow; he looks pretty dangerous."1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Three Tools of Death
- Of thirty bare yeares haue I
Phrases with bracelets
- gel bracelets
- sex bracelets
- line bracelets
- slap bracelets
- snap bracelets
- ankle bracelets
- charm bracelets
- jelly bracelets
- slave bracelets
- tennis bracelets
- Kabbalah bracelets
- awareness bracelets
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Questions about bracelets
- What does bracelets mean?
- Bracelets means handcuffs.
- What is bracelets the plural of?
- Bracelets is the plural of bracelet.
- What part of speech is bracelets?
- Bracelets is a noun.
Words near bracelets in the dictionary
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