bangle

[ bang-guhl ]
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noun
  1. a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet usually made without a clasp so as to slip over the hand, but sometimes having a hinged opening and a clasp.

Origin of bangle

1
1780–90; <Hindi banglī, variant of bangrī glass ring, armlet

Other words from bangle

  • bangled, adjective
  • un·ban·gled, adjective

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How to use bangle in a sentence

  • After dinner I walked over to a Kaffir kraal and bought fuel, and two infants' copper bangles.

    In the Ranks of the C.I.V. | Erskine Childers
  • Them all decked out in golden bangles and silken clothes, most likely, like the bad lady of Babylon?

    Blind Man's Lantern | Allen Kim Lang

British Dictionary definitions for bangle

bangle

/ (ˈbæŋɡəl) /


noun
  1. a bracelet, usually without a clasp, often worn high up round the arm or sometimes round the ankle

  2. a disc or charm hanging from a bracelet, necklace, etc

Origin of bangle

1
C19: from Hindi bangrī

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