Crossword clues for wristlet
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wristlet \Wrist"let\, n. An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.
Wiktionary
n. a band which encircles the wearer's wrist, especially a closely knitted one to keep it warm
WordNet
n. a band or bracelet worn around the wrist [syn: wrist band]
Wikipedia
Wristlet may refer to:
- Wristlet, a small handbag with a short carrying strap resembling bracelet
- Wristwatch, originally known as a wristlet when the vast majority of personal timepieces were pocket watches
- Trench watch, a transitional design between the pocket watch and the wristwatch used by the military during World War I
- Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, twice-yearly zine published by Small Beer Press
Usage examples of "wristlet".
Mignureal urged Hanse for the severalth time to put on the Tejana wristlet.
The Seeker stopped before the wall, rested the blurred air that was the Smiter against his hip and worked carefully at his wristlet.
The circlets on their throats were doubtless collars, and the wristlet each wore was doubtless naught but matching slave jewelry.
Dressed in his tattered jungle fatigue trousers and boots, armored vest, beaded wristlets, and feather-adorned headband, Ghost revealed only the palm-mounted induction pads of his smartgun link.
And Jack Bates and Happy Jack had sisters and mothers--and even Slim had an old maid aunt who always knit him a red and green pair of wristlets for Christmas.
Chip, smoothing mechanically the shimmery, white mane of his pet, thought he might be contented if he had even an old maid aunt--but he would see that she made his wristlets of some other color than those bestowed every year upon Slim.
Asedow, still in dark green, wore several chains and wristlets of hammered and pierced metal that clanked together as he walked.
The older servant, too, rang: she wore anklets and wristlets sewn with tiny bells and silver earrings that danced and sang when she moved.
Still, the thing on her arm looked nothing like the few catenas wristlets she had seen before.