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armlet|ˈɑːmlɪt|
[f. arm n.1 + -let. Cf. OFr. bracelet in first three senses.]
1. An ornament or band worn round the arm. (Sometimes distinguished from bracelet, which is worn only at the wrist.)
1535Coverdale Ecclus. xxi. 21 Lernynge is vnto a wyse man..like an armlett vpon his right arme. 1648Herrick Hesper. I. 23 Working..Of soft and dainty maiden-haire, A curious Armelet. 1859Tennyson Elaine 1177 An armlet for the roundest arm on earth. 1879Maclear Celts ii. 13 They wear..bracelets and armlets.
2. A small inlet of the sea or branch of a river.
1538Leland Itin. II. 31, I markid diverse armelettes breking out of the 2 Streames. 1577Holinshed Descr. Brit. xii. 55/1 The water separateth it selfe into two armelets. 1864H. Vámbéry Trav. Centr. Asia 149 In the main stream it was well enough, but in the armlets at the side we settled every ten paces on the sand.
3. A piece of armour for the arm.
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