engagement ring

noun

a ring, often a diamond, given by a man to his fiancée at the time of their engagement as a token of their betrothal.

Origin of engagement ring

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby engagement ring

engaged, engaged tone, engagée, engagement, engagement calendar, engagement ring, engaging, en garde, engarland, engawa, Eng. D.

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Example sentences from the Web for engagement ring

It was the engagement-ring I had seen on Mrs. Cunningham's finger on the morning of our breakfast.
A Case in Camera|Oliver Onions
But after she had gone, the girl begged Humphrey to take a loan on her engagement-ring, and after some discussion he complied.
Cynthia|Leonard Merrick
On her left hand she wore the wedding circlet, with her engagement-ring and the philopena guard over it.
Horace Chase|Constance Fenimore Woolson
One is an engagement-ring, with an engraving in red jasper representing two hands clasped together.
Pagan and Christian Rome|Rodolfo Lanciani

How in the name of all that was inexplicable had Mrs. Cunningham's engagement-ring come to be there?
A Case in Camera|Oliver Onions

British Dictionary definitions for engagement ring

engagement ring

noun

a ring given by a man to a woman as a token of their betrothal

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单词	engagement ring
释义	engagement ring noun a ring, often a diamond, given by a man to his fiancée at the time of their engagement as a token of their betrothal. Origin of engagement ring First recorded in 1860–65 Words nearby engagement ring engaged, engaged tone, engagée, engagement, engagement calendar, engagement ring, engaging, en garde, engarland, engawa, Eng. D. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for engagement ring It was the engagement-ring I had seen on Mrs. Cunningham's finger on the morning of our breakfast. A Case in Camera\|Oliver Onions But after she had gone, the girl begged Humphrey to take a loan on her engagement-ring, and after some discussion he complied. Cynthia\|Leonard Merrick On her left hand she wore the wedding circlet, with her engagement-ring and the philopena guard over it. Horace Chase\|Constance Fenimore Woolson One is an engagement-ring, with an engraving in red jasper representing two hands clasped together. Pagan and Christian Rome\|Rodolfo Lanciani How in the name of all that was inexplicable had Mrs. Cunningham's engagement-ring come to be there? A Case in Camera\|Oliver Onions British Dictionary definitions for engagement ring engagement ring noun a ring given by a man to a woman as a token of their betrothal Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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