Sentence examples for armlet from inspiring English sources
noun
A band that is worn on the arm that for ornamental or identification purposes.
Iron Crown of Lombardy, originally an armlet or perhaps a votive crown, as suggested by its small size, that was presented to the Cathedral of Monza, where it is preserved as a holy relic.
As he investigates suspicious deaths in the underworld and dodges internal affairs, Harry begins to suspect that his armlet possesses uncanny powers that giveth but also taketh away, while dark forces seek to reclaim it.
The game begins as Jeanne acquires a mysterious armlet and begins hearing a voice telling her to save France.
Jeanne's armlet gives her the unusual ability to temporarily transform into a supersoldier.
Following some work as a child player, one of O'Shea's earliest stage appearances – a rather startling one – was as a Japanese envoy in Armlet Of Jade, in 1947 at the Gate Theatre, a play by the then Lord Longford, one of the Dublin theatre's sponsors.
Armlet, decorative band, usually of gold, silver, or other metal and sometimes featuring precious gems, worn for ornament around the arm, especially the upper arm.
The skulls of important men were also covered with the compound and then mounted on bodies of fern wood and bamboo adorned with beaded armlets and the tusks of sacrificed pigs.
From the earliest dynasties come bracelets from the tomb of King Djer at Abydos; from the 4th dynasty, the armlets of Queen Hetepheres, of silver inlaid with carnelian, turquoise, and lapis lazuli.
A 4th-century-bc lion-griffin (British Museum) in cast bronze is descended from a Scytho-Altaic prototype, and so, too, is a pair of slightly earlier gold armlets (British Museum), embellished with inlay, from the Oxus Treasure.
The body and face are modeled with a plastic and delicate sensuousness; and the elaborate necklaces, crowns, earrings, and armlets are beautifully chased (decoratively indented by hammering).
Several fine examples of armlets are included in the Oxus treasure, a collection of Persian art of the Achaemenidian period (6th 4th century bc) now in the British Museum, London.
