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cramp rings

cramp rings is the plural of cramp ring.

Meaning of cramp ring

Noun

cramp ring (plural cramp rings)

  1. (historical) A ring worn to supposedly prevent cramp, epilepsy and associated diseases, especially one specifically blessed by an English monarch before the Reformation.
    • The blessing of cramp-rings was abandoned immediately and without comment upon the accession of Elizabeth I.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 193

Questions about cramp rings

What is cramp rings the plural of?
Cramp rings is the plural of cramp ring.

Words near cramp rings in the dictionary

  1. cramp bones
  2. cramp fasciculation syndrome
  3. cramp iron
  4. cramp irons
  5. cramp ring
  6. cramp rings
  7. cramp someone's style
  8. cramp up
  9. Crampagna
  10. crampbark
  11. cramped

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