bangle

bangle
bangled, adj.
/bang"geuhl/, n.
a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet usually made without a clasp so as to slip over the hand, but sometimes having a hinged opening and a clasp.
[1780-90; < Hindi bangli, var. of BANGRI glass ring, armlet]

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