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Meanings of wristlet in English

Portuguese
bracelete
Catalan
braçalet

A band or bracelet worn around the wrist.

        bracelete

        Piece of jewellery worn around the wrist.

              Usage of wristlet in English
              1
              Beautiful is thy wristlet, decked with stars and cunningly wrought in myriad-coloured jewels.
              Gitanjali
              2
              Measure five inches, the length of the wristlet, and turn.
              Spool Knitting
              3
              Lowell left, and she went back to her black wristlet, a holdover from Academy days.
              Shades of gray
              4
              A wristlet is placed around each wrist and the name is not changed later in life.
              Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the L...
              5
              Her wristlet, he noted, was of gold.
              Dancer’s Lament
              6
              Each wristlet requires one and one-half yards.
              Spool Knitting
              7
              Still that wristlet tinkles against the water-jar, and retreating steps rustle from down the lane littered with leaves.
              The Fugitive
              8
              The water is dumb, the bamboos are darkly still, a wristlet tinkles against the water-jar from down the lane.
              The Fugitive
              9
              Don't forget an anklet and a wristlet of black velvet-thewristlet on the right and the anklet on the left!
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 19, 1917
              10
              Continue until enough rows are sewed to make the wristlet the desired width, which in this model is two and one-half inches.
              Spool Knitting
              11
              Even their amulets and wristlets of beaten copper looked tarnished and cheap.
              Return of the Crimson Guard
              12
              Baruk and the girl with the silver wristlets and see-through veil stepped up.
              Orb Sceptre Throne
              13
              Silver wristlets are used by the men for their adornment.
              The Seminole Indians of Florida / Fifth Annual Report of the Bur...
              14
              He wore mitts and wristlets, and his nose was crimson.
              The White Morning: A Novel of the Power of the German Women in W...
              15
              Very large sleeves with a double puff of blue velvet, wristlets of Venetian point.
              Parisian Points of View
              16
              A knitting committee makes sleeveless jackets, helmets, wristlets and mufflers.
              Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
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              Translations for wristlet
              Portuguese
              bracelete
              Wristlet through the time